58.2% ▲ +5.0%
Higher than 91% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 55.5%
- 2016: 55.1%
- 2021: 58.2%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Newcastle - Cooks Hill · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in Newcastle - Cooks Hill
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Over half of all residents in Newcastle - Cooks Hill have moved home in the last five years. This high level of mobility is driven by a strong influx of people from both within Australia and from overseas.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 58.2% of people here changed homes recently, a figure that is far above the New South Wales and national rates. This tendency to move has risen by 2.8 points since 2011, placing the area among the highest for mobility.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 24.2% of the population, which is well above the figures for the state and the country. While this remains much higher than most areas, the proportion has fallen by 5.7 points since 2011.
24.2% ▼ -18.9%
Higher than 89% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 29.9%
- 2016: 24.2%
- 2021: 24.2%
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 Newcastle - Cooks Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/111031229/newcastle-cooks-hill/topic/mobility-location