45.9% ▲ +0.9%
Higher than 76% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 45.5%
- 2016: 45.4%
- 2021: 45.9%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Armidale · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in Armidale
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Nearly 38% of residents in Armidale arrived from overseas recently, which is far above the national figure. This high level of international arrival contributes to a very mobile population, where nearly half of the people have changed their home in the last five years.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 45.9% of people moved house in the last five years, a figure that is well above both the state and national averages. This high level of movement has barely changed since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 37.9% of the population, which is among the highest for similar areas and far above the New South Wales average of 14.9%. This figure rose by 6.3 percentage points since 2011.
37.9% ▲ +20.0%
Higher than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 31.6%
- 2016: 33.7%
- 2021: 37.9%
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 Armidale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/110011186/armidale/topic/mobility-location