37.4% ▲ +1.2%
Lower than 63% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 37.0%
- 2016: 38.5%
- 2021: 37.4%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Central Coast · Region (SA4)
Migration & Movement in Central Coast
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Far fewer people move into the Central Coast from overseas compared to the rest of the state. Only 6.9% of residents arrived from another country recently, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 14.9%. This makes the region one of the least likely places in the state to see new overseas arrivals.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 37.4% of people moved home in the last five years, which is well below the national figure of 40.7%. This level of movement has barely changed since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 6.9% of the population, a figure that is among the lowest for similar areas. This is well below the Australian average of 14.5% and has fallen since 2011.
6.9% ▼ -17.8%
Lower than 93% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 8.4%
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 6.9%
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 Central Coast [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa4/102/central-coast/topic/mobility-location