34.6% ▼ -2.5%
Lower than 64% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 35.5%
- 2016: 31.5%
- 2021: 34.6%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Muswellbrook Surrounds · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in Muswellbrook Surrounds
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Nearly one in five people in Muswellbrook Surrounds arrived from overseas recently, a figure well above the national average. While the area sees a high level of international arrival, it has a smaller proportion of people moving house overall compared to other regions.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Only 34.6% of residents moved home in the last five years. This is well below the New South Wales figure of 39.9% and the national average of 40.7%.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Overseas arrivals make up 19.4% of the population, which is much higher than most similar areas. This is well above the 14.5% national figure, though the proportion fell 2.5 points since 2011.
19.4% ▼ -11.4%
Higher than 81% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 21.9%
- 2016: 17.9%
- 2021: 19.4%
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 Muswellbrook Surrounds [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/106041127/muswellbrook-surrounds/topic/mobility-location