39.4% ▲ +10.0%
Higher than 54% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 35.9%
- 2016: 38.3%
- 2021: 39.4%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Newcastle and Lake Macquarie · Region (SA4)
Migration & Movement in Newcastle and Lake Macquarie
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Nearly 40% of people in Newcastle and Lake Macquarie have changed homes in the last five years. This shift shows a steady increase in mobility across the region since 2011. Overall, the movement of people into and out of the area remains fairly typical for New South Wales.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 39.4% of residents moved house recently, which is a little below the national figure of 40.7%. This proportion of the population moving has risen by 3.6 percentage points since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 13.6% of the population, which is a little below the New South Wales figure of 14.9%. This figure has fallen by 2.2 percentage points since 2011.
13.6% ▼ -13.8%
Lower than 51% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 15.8%
- 2016: 16.3%
- 2021: 13.6%
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 Newcastle and Lake Macquarie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa4/111/newcastle-and-lake-macquarie/topic/mobility-location