37.9% ▼ -15.9%
Higher than 50% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 45.1%
- 2016: 39.1%
- 2021: 37.9%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Tamworth - West · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in Tamworth - West
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Over a third of people in Tamworth - West arrived from overseas recently, a figure far higher than the national average. This makes the area one of the most welcoming spots for new arrivals in the region, even as the same-day movement of locals has slowed down.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 37.9% of residents moved house in the last five years, which is a little below the national figure of 40.7%. This is a drop of 7.2 percentage points since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 33.9% of the population, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 14.9%. This proportion has risen by 20 percentage points since 2011.
33.9% ▲ +140.3%
Higher than 98% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 14.1%
- 2016: 34.5%
- 2021: 33.9%
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 Tamworth - West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/110041204/tamworth-west/topic/mobility-location