38.8% ▲ +12.0%
Higher than 50% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 34.7%
- 2016: 37.7%
- 2021: 38.8%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Lake Macquarie - West · Sub-region (SA3)
Migration & Movement in Lake Macquarie - West
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Only 6.6% of people in Lake Macquarie - West recently arrived from overseas, a figure that is well below the national average. This reflects a community where few new residents are moving in from abroad, though a larger share of the population has changed homes within Australia recently.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 38.8% of residents moved home in the last five years, which is a little below the New South Wales and national figures. This proportion has risen by 4.1 percentage points since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
The share of recent overseas arrivals is much lower than most areas, sitting at 6.6%. This is well below the 14.5% national figure and has fallen since 2011.
6.6% ▼ -19.4%
Lower than 85% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 8.2%
- 2016: 7.7%
- 2021: 6.6%
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).
More for Lake Macquarie - West
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Migration & Movement in Lake Macquarie - West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/11102/lake-macquarie-west/topic/mobility-location