61.3% —
Higher than 93% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 57.9%
- 2021: 61.3%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Newman · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in Newman
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
A far higher share of people have moved house recently in Newman compared to the rest of the country. Around 61% of residents arrived within the last five years, making it one of the most mobile areas in the region.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
More than 61% of people here moved in the last five years, a figure far above the 39% seen in Western Australia. This level of movement has risen by 3.4 percentage points since 2016.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 19.8% of the population, which is well above the national figure of 14.5%. This is much higher than most areas, although the proportion fell 6.5 percentage points since 2016.
19.8% —
Higher than 82% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 26.4%
- 2021: 19.8%
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 Newman [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/510021268/newman/topic/mobility-location