48.8% ▲ +6.5%
Higher than 82% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 45.8%
- 2016: 42.0%
- 2021: 48.8%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Byron Bay · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in Byron Bay
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Nearly half of all residents in Byron Bay moved here within the last five years. This high turnover makes it one of the most mobile areas in the region, driven by a strong pull of both domestic and international arrivals.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 48.8% of people moved here in the last five years, which is well above the national figure of 40.7%. This proportion has risen since 2011 and is much higher than in most other similar areas.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Overseas arrivals make up 29.1% of the population, a figure far above the 14.5% seen across Australia. This has risen by 9 percentage points since 2011, placing Byron Bay among the highest areas for recent international arrivals.
29.1% ▲ +45.1%
Higher than 93% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 20.0%
- 2016: 21.7%
- 2021: 29.1%
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 Byron Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/112011240/byron-bay/topic/mobility-location