37.8% ▼ -2.1%
Lower than 56% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 38.6%
- 2016: 37.4%
- 2021: 37.8%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Upper Hunter · Sub-region (SA3)
Migration & Movement in Upper Hunter
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Over 20% of people in Upper Hunter have arrived from overseas recently, a figure well above the national average. This high level of recent international arrival is the most striking feature of the area's movement patterns.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 37.8% of residents moved home in the last five years, which is a little below the New South Wales and national figures. This level of movement has barely changed since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 20.9% of the population, which is much higher than most areas. While this remains well above the national figure of 14.5%, it has fallen 3.1 percentage points since 2011.
20.9% ▼ -13.0%
Higher than 85% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 24.0%
- 2016: 20.4%
- 2021: 20.9%
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 Upper Hunter [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/10604/upper-hunter/topic/mobility-location