39.6% ▲ +9.4%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.2%
- 2016: 38.4%
- 2021: 39.6%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Gunnedah · Suburb / Locality
Migration & Movement in Gunnedah
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Over one in five people in Gunnedah arrived from overseas recently, making it a far more international place than most similar areas. This influx of new residents has contributed to a high turnover of households, with nearly 40% of the population moving into the area within the last five years.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 39.6% of residents moved home 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.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 20.7% of the population. This is well above the national figure of 14.5% and the state average of 14.9%.
20.7% ▲ +9.1%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.9%
- 2016: 18.6%
- 2021: 20.7%
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 Gunnedah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11818/gunnedah/topic/mobility-location