37.1% ▼ -8.4%
Lower than 54% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 40.5%
- 2016: 38.7%
- 2021: 37.1%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Dubbo - East · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in Dubbo - East
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
A huge gap exists between Dubbo - East and the rest of the country when it comes to new arrivals. While few people have moved into the area from other towns recently, nearly 28% of the population arrived from overseas in the last five years. This creates a distinct mix of long-term locals and new international residents.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 37.1% of people moved house in the last five years. This is well below the national figure of 40.7%, and the proportion of people moving has fallen by 3.4 percentage points since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 27.9% of the population, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 14.9%. This proportion has risen by 8.4 percentage points since 2011, placing the area among the highest for overseas arrivals.
27.9% ▲ +43.2%
Higher than 92% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 19.5%
- 2016: 23.9%
- 2021: 27.9%
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 Dubbo - East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/105031100/dubbo-east/topic/mobility-location