35.1% ▼ -5.8%
Lower than 62% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 37.3%
- 2016: 35.2%
- 2021: 35.1%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Evans Head · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in Evans Head
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Just over a third of Evans Head residents have moved house recently, marking a notably stable population. Only 35.1% of people arrived in the last five years, which is well below the national figure. This stability is seen alongside a small but growing number of people moving here from overseas.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Fewer people have moved into Evans Head lately compared to most other areas. The 35.1% who moved in the last five years is well below the New South Wales figure of 39.9%, and this rate has fallen since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 9.8% of the population, a figure that has risen since 2011. This is well below the national average of 14.5%.
9.8% ▲ +28.6%
Lower than 56% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 7.6%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 9.8%
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 Evans Head [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/112011241/evans-head/topic/mobility-location