39.7% ▲ +3.3%
Higher than 56% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 38.4%
- 2016: 38.7%
- 2021: 39.7%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Port Stephens · Sub-region (SA3)
Migration & Movement in Port Stephens
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Nearly 40% of people in Port Stephens have changed their home in the last five years. While internal movement is common, the area sees very few new arrivals from overseas compared to the rest of the state.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 39.7% of residents moved house recently, which is about the same as the New South Wales and national figures. This proportion has risen slightly since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Only 7.4% of the population arrived from overseas recently, a figure that is well below the state and national averages. This share has fallen since 2011.
7.4% ▼ -22.0%
Lower than 80% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 9.5%
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 7.4%
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 Port Stephens [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/10603/port-stephens/topic/mobility-location