33.1% ▼ -6.2%
Lower than 58% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 35.3%
- 2016: 32.3%
- 2021: 33.1%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Richmond Valley · Council (LGA)
Migration & Movement in Richmond Valley
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Around the middle of similar areas for movement, Richmond Valley is a place where people tend to stay put. Only 33.1% of residents have moved house in the last five years, which is well below the national figure.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Fewer people are moving into the area than across the rest of the country. This 33.1% figure is well below the New South Wales average of 39.9% and has fallen slightly since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Overseas arrivals make up 8.5% of the population, which is lower than most areas. This is well below the 14.5% national figure and has barely changed since 2011.
8.5% ▼ -7.7%
Lower than 64% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 8.5%
Share of overseas-born residents who arrived in Australia in the five years before the census.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Migration & Movement in Richmond Valley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA16610/richmond-valley/topic/mobility-location