40.8% ▼ -8.1%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 44.4%
- 2016: 37.8%
- 2021: 40.8%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Ocean Shores · Suburb / Locality
Migration & Movement in Ocean Shores
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Frequent changes in residency define the local atmosphere in Ocean Shores, where more than 40% of people have moved house recently. This high turnover reflects a dynamic population that is more mobile than most other similar areas.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 40.8% of residents moved home in the last five years. This is much higher than most areas, though it is about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 10.2% of the population. While this is higher than most similar areas, it is well below the state and national figures.
10.2% ▼ -0.4%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 10.2%
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 Ocean Shores [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13081/ocean-shores/topic/mobility-location