39.3% ▼ -1.5%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 39.9%
- 2016: 41.7%
- 2021: 39.3%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
East Ballina · Suburb / Locality
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
A significant gap exists between East Ballina and the rest of the country regarding where people come from. While nearly 40% of residents have moved here in the last five years, the area sees far fewer new arrivals from overseas than the state or national figures.
People who moved in the last five years.
About 39.3% of people moved to East Ballina in the last five years. This is much higher than most similar areas, though it is about the same as the New South Wales figure.
39.3% ▼ -1.5%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 9.3% of the population. While this is higher than in most similar areas, it is well below the 14.9% seen across New South Wales and the 14.5% national figure.
9.3% ▼ -27.5%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of overseas-born residents who arrived in Australia in the five years before the census.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Migration & Movement in East Ballina [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11348/east-ballina/topic/mobility-location