40.8% ▲ +10.2%
Higher than 62% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 37.0%
- 2016: 38.2%
- 2021: 40.8%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Hunter Valley exc Newcastle · Region (SA4)
Migration & Movement in Hunter Valley exc Newcastle
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Far fewer people have arrived from overseas in Hunter Valley exc Newcastle than in the rest of the country. While nearly 41% of residents have moved house recently, overseas migration has fallen over the last decade. This creates a distinct movement pattern where local reshuffling is more common than international growth.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 40.8% of people moved home in the last five years, which is higher than most areas. This is about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia, and the rate has risen 3.8 percentage points since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Only 9.6% of the population arrived from overseas recently, which is well below the national figure of 14.5%. This is much lower than most areas and has fallen 2.8 percentage points since 2011.
9.6% ▼ -22.7%
Lower than 76% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 9.6%
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).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Migration & Movement in Hunter Valley exc Newcastle [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa4/106/hunter-valley-exc-newcastle/topic/mobility-location