44.7% ▲ +9.4%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 40.8%
- 2016: 43.6%
- 2021: 44.7%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Tweed Heads · Suburb / Locality
Migration & Movement in Tweed Heads
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Nearly half of all residents in Tweed Heads have moved house in the last five years, making it a highly mobile community. This high turnover of people is a standout feature for the area compared to most other parts of the country.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 44.7% of people here changed homes in the last five years. This is well above the national figure of 40.7% and much higher than most similar areas.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 13.5% of the population, which is much higher than in most areas, though this is about the same as the Australian average.
13.5% ▼ -34.4%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.6%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 13.5%
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 Tweed Heads [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14002/tweed-heads/topic/mobility-location