40.0% ▲ +4.1%
Higher than 74% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 38.5%
- 2016: 38.8%
- 2021: 40.0%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Tamworth Regional · Council (LGA)
Migration & Movement in Tamworth Regional
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Over a quarter of people in Tamworth Regional have arrived from overseas recently, which is far above the national figure. This high level of international migration is the defining feature of the area's movement patterns, contributing to a population that is more mobile than many other similar regions.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 40% of residents moved home in the last five years, which is much higher than most areas. This figure has risen slightly since 2011 and is now about the same as the New South Wales and Australian averages.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 26.9% of the population, placing Tamworth Regional among the highest for this metric. This is 12 percentage points higher than both the state and national figures, and it has climbed sharply from 12.8% in 2011.
26.9% ▲ +109.3%
Higher than 91% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 24.1%
- 2021: 26.9%
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 Tamworth Regional [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA17310/tamworth-regional/topic/mobility-location