49.0% ▲ +6.3%
Higher than 83% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 46.2%
- 2016: 45.8%
- 2021: 49.0%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Port Macquarie - West · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in Port Macquarie - West
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Nearly half of all residents in Port Macquarie - West have moved house recently, a rate well above the national figure. This high level of mobility is driven by internal migration, as the area sees far more people moving in from other regions than it does from overseas.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 49% of people moved into the area in the last five years, which is much higher than most similar areas. This figure has risen since 2011 and sits 9.1 percentage points above the New South Wales average.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Overseas arrivals make up 10.3% of the population, which is well below the Australian figure of 14.5%. This proportion has increased slightly since 2011.
10.3% ▲ +19.6%
Lower than 53% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 8.6%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 10.3%
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 Port Macquarie - West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/108041164/port-macquarie-west/topic/mobility-location