44.9% ▼ -2.0%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 45.8%
- 2016: 46.3%
- 2021: 44.9%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Nelson Bay · Suburb / Locality
Migration & Movement in Nelson Bay
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Nearly 45% of people in Nelson Bay have moved home in the last five years, which is well above the national figure. This movement makes it a more transient place than most areas across the country.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 44.9% of residents moved to Nelson Bay in the last five years. This is much higher than most similar areas and sits 5 percentage points above the New South Wales average.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 12.7% of the population, a figure that is higher than most similar areas but a little below the national rate of 14.5%.
12.7% ▲ +22.3%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 12.7%
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 Nelson Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12932/nelson-bay/topic/mobility-location