38.7% ▲ +4.6%
Lower than 53% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 37.0%
- 2016: 37.1%
- 2021: 38.7%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Dubbo · State Electorate
Migration & Movement in Dubbo
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Nearly 20% of people in Dubbo have arrived from overseas recently, a figure that is well above the national average. This high level of recent migration marks Dubbo as a significant draw for new arrivals from other countries.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 38.7% of residents moved home in the last five years, which is around the middle for similar areas. This is a little below the figures for both New South Wales and Australia, though the rate has risen since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
The 19.8% of residents who recently arrived from overseas is much higher than most areas. This figure is well above the New South Wales and national averages and has risen by 2.7 percentage points since 2011.
19.8% ▲ +16.0%
Higher than 82% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 17.0%
- 2016: 16.5%
- 2021: 19.8%
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 Dubbo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10026/dubbo/topic/mobility-location