39.7% ▼ -2.6%
Higher than 56% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 40.8%
- 2016: 39.9%
- 2021: 39.7%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Coffs Harbour · Sub-region (SA3)
Migration & Movement in Coffs Harbour
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Nearly 40% of people in Coffs Harbour have changed their address in the last five years, showing a highly mobile population. This movement is driven both by people moving from other parts of the country and a growing number of new arrivals from overseas.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 39.7% of residents moved home in the last five years, which is about the same as the New South Wales figure of 39.9%. This is a little below the national figure and has fallen slightly since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 16.6% of the population, which is higher than most areas. This is a little above the figures for both New South Wales and Australia, and the proportion has risen since 2011.
16.6% ▲ +16.2%
Higher than 71% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 14.3%
- 2016: 15.3%
- 2021: 16.6%
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 Coffs Harbour [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/10402/coffs-harbour/topic/mobility-location