32.0% ▼ -12.4%
Lower than 75% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 36.5%
- 2016: 33.5%
- 2021: 32.0%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Northern Beaches · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in Northern Beaches
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Far fewer people have moved into Northern Beaches recently compared to other parts of the country. Only 32% of residents have changed homes in the last five years, making it a remarkably stable area where people tend to stay put.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
The proportion of people who moved in the last five years is far below the Queensland figure of 44.8% and well below the national figure of 40.7%. This stability has grown over time, with the share of movers falling 4.5 percentage points since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up just 5.1% of the population, which is much lower than most areas. This figure is well below both the state (13.7%) and national (14.5%) levels and has fallen since 2011.
5.1% ▼ -33.5%
Lower than 85% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 7.6%
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 5.1%
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 Northern Beaches [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/318021486/northern-beaches/topic/mobility-location