36.8% ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 55% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 38.4%
- 2016: 36.6%
- 2021: 36.8%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Grafton · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in Grafton
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
More than a third of Grafton's residents have moved house recently, though the area remains more stable than much of the state. Around 36.8% of people have changed homes in the last five years, showing a steady local population with fewer newcomers than the national average.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
People moving into the area has slowed, with 36.8% of residents arriving in the last five years. This is well below the 39.9% seen across New South Wales and is lower than the 38.4% recorded in 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 11.5% of the population, which is well below the national figure of 14.5%. This proportion has risen slightly since 2011, when it sat at 9.9%.
11.5% ▲ +16.4%
Higher than 53% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 9.9%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 11.5%
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 Grafton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/104011080/grafton/topic/mobility-location