26.6% ▼ -13.9%
Lower than 92% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 30.9%
- 2016: 26.2%
- 2021: 26.6%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Bourke - Brewarrina · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in Bourke - Brewarrina
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
A far higher share of overseas arrivals than the national average defines the movement patterns in Bourke - Brewarrina. While 33.1% of people arrived from overseas recently, the area sees very few people moving in from within Australia. This creates a unique mix where international arrivals are much more common than local relocations.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Only 26.6% of residents moved house in the last five years, which is far below the national figure of 40.7%. This rate is among the lowest for similar areas and has fallen by 4.3 points since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 33.1% of the population, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 14.9%. This proportion is among the highest for similar areas and rose by 6.0 points since 2011.
33.1% ▲ +22.0%
Higher than 97% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 27.2%
- 2016: 19.8%
- 2021: 33.1%
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 Bourke - Brewarrina [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/105011092/bourke-brewarrina/topic/mobility-location