58.7% ▲ +2.8%
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 57.1%
- 2016: 57.4%
- 2021: 58.7%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Crows Nest · Suburb / Locality
Migration & Movement in Crows Nest
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Nearly 59% of residents in Crows Nest have moved house in the last five years, making it one of the most mobile areas in the region. This high turnover is partly driven by a strong flow of people arriving from overseas.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 58.7% of people moved here in the last five years, a figure far above the national average of 40.7% and the state's 39.9%. This rate is among the highest for similar areas.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 19.2% of the population. This is well above the figures for both New South Wales (14.9%) and Australia (14.5%).
19.2% ▼ -21.6%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.5%
- 2016: 24.3%
- 2021: 19.2%
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 Crows Nest [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11132/crows-nest/topic/mobility-location