39.4% ▲ +13.8%
Higher than 54% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 34.7%
- 2016: 35.0%
- 2021: 39.4%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Lower Hunter · Sub-region (SA3)
Migration & Movement in Lower Hunter
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Changing movement patterns have shaped the Lower Hunter since 2011, with more people moving into the area over the last decade. While local migration has increased, the proportion of new arrivals from overseas has dropped. This suggests a shift toward people moving within Australia rather than from abroad.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Nearly 40% of residents moved here in the last five years, which is about the same as the New South Wales figure. This represents a rise of 4.8 percentage points since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Only 8.2% of the population arrived from overseas recently, a figure well below both the state and national averages. This is down 3.2 percentage points from 2011.
8.2% ▼ -28.2%
Lower than 75% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 8.0%
- 2021: 8.2%
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 Lower Hunter [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/10601/lower-hunter/topic/mobility-location