39.0% ▲ +3.6%
Higher than 55% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 37.6%
- 2016: 39.8%
- 2021: 39.0%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Forster · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in Forster
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Far fewer people have moved here from overseas than in the rest of New South Wales, with only 9.8% of Forster residents arriving from abroad recently. While this gap is wide, the area has seen a steady rise in both internal and international movement over the last decade.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 39% of people moved house in the last five years. This is a little below the national figure of 40.7%, though the proportion has risen slightly since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 9.8% of the population, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 14.9%. This represents a significant increase from 2011, when only 3.9% of residents had arrived from abroad recently.
9.8% ▲ +155.1%
Lower than 55% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 9.8%
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 Forster [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/108011152/forster/topic/mobility-location