38.3% ▲ +4.2%
Lower than 54% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 36.8%
- 2016: 37.2%
- 2021: 38.3%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Mid North Coast · Region (SA4)
Migration & Movement in Mid North Coast
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
A low rate of overseas arrivals defines the changing face of the Mid North Coast, where only 7.3% of people moved here from another country recently. This is well below the national figure, suggesting a population that is much more stable or reliant on domestic movement than most other areas.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 38.3% of residents moved house in the last five years, a figure that rose slightly since 2011. This is a little below the rates seen across New South Wales and Australia.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 7.3% of the population, which is much lower than most areas. This is well below the national figure of 14.5%, though the proportion has risen 1.0 percentage point since 2011.
7.3% ▲ +15.9%
Lower than 90% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 6.4%
- 2021: 7.3%
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 Mid North Coast [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa4/108/mid-north-coast/topic/mobility-location