38.2% ▼ -2.2%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 39.1%
- 2016: 40.3%
- 2021: 38.2%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Tweed Heads West · Suburb / Locality
Migration & Movement in Tweed Heads West
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Nearly 4 in 10 people in Tweed Heads West have changed addresses recently, making it a place with a high turnover of residents. This movement creates a dynamic local population where many people are still settling into the area.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 38.2% of residents moved house in the last five years. This is higher than most similar areas, though it ever so slightly trails the New South Wales and national figures.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 10.7% of the population. While this is higher than in many similar areas, it is well below the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
10.7% ▲ +34.8%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.9%
- 2016: 8.4%
- 2021: 10.7%
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 Tweed Heads West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14004/tweed-heads-west/topic/mobility-location