36.3% ▲ +23.3%
Lower than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 29.4%
- 2016: 31.1%
- 2021: 36.3%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Cessnock Surrounds · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in Cessnock Surrounds
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Fewer people move in and out of Cessnock Surrounds compared to most other parts of the country. The area is very stable, with only 3.7% of residents arriving from overseas recently. This creates a community where most people have lived locally for a long time.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 36.3% of people moved house in the last five years, which is well below the national figure of 40.7%. This is a rise of 6.9 percentage points since 2011, though the area remains less mobile than the New South Wales average.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Overseas arrivals are very low in Cessnock Surrounds, making up just 3.7% of the population. This is far below the 14.5% seen across Australia and has barely changed since 2011.
3.7% ▼ -5.2%
Lower than 92% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 3.7%
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).
More for Cessnock Surrounds
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Migration & Movement in Cessnock Surrounds [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/106011109/cessnock-surrounds/topic/mobility-location