30.5% ▲ +4.7%
Lower than 81% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 29.1%
- 2016: 29.6%
- 2021: 30.5%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Dorrigo · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in Dorrigo
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Far fewer people move into or through Dorrigo than in other parts of the country. Only 30.5% of residents have changed homes in the last five years, which is well below the national figure of 40.7%. This stability is mirrored in the very small number of new arrivals from overseas.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Just 30.5% of people moved home in the last five years, a figure far below the Australian average and much lower than most similar areas. This proportion has risen slightly by 1.4 percentage points since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Overseas arrivals make up only 2.3% of the population, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 14.9%. This is among the lowest proportions for this level of area and has fallen by 2.6 percentage points since 2011.
2.3% ▼ -53.3%
Lower than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 4.9%
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 2.3%
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 Dorrigo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/104021087/dorrigo/topic/mobility-location