46.3% ▲ +47.4%
Higher than 82% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 31.4%
- 2016: 45.2%
- 2021: 46.3%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Newcastle · State Electorate
Migration & Movement in Newcastle
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Much higher movement than most similar areas defines Newcastle, where nearly half the population has changed homes recently. This shift is driven by a high number of people moving into the area, with 46.3% arriving within the last five years.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 46.3% of people moved here in the last five years, a figure well above the national 40.7%. This proportion has risen by 15 points since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 16.3% of the population, which is a little above the New South Wales figure of 14.9%. This has fallen slightly since 2011.
16.3% ▼ -13.3%
Higher than 69% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 18.8%
- 2016: 17.2%
- 2021: 16.3%
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 Newcastle [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10058/newcastle/topic/mobility-location