52.1% ▲ +19.1%
Higher than 91% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 43.8%
- 2016: 52.5%
- 2021: 52.1%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
North Shore · State Electorate
Migration & Movement in North Shore
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
More than half of the residents in North Shore have moved house recently, making it a highly mobile area. This trend is driven by a mix of local relocation and a strong pull for people arriving from overseas.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
A striking 52.1% of people here moved in the last five years, which is far above the national figure of 40.7%. This proportion has risen by 8.4 points since 2011, placing North Shore among the most mobile areas of its kind.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 18.2% of the population, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 14.9%. This is much higher than most other areas, though the figure has fallen slightly by 0.9 points since 2011.
18.2% ▼ -4.9%
Higher than 76% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 19.1%
- 2016: 23.8%
- 2021: 18.2%
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 North Shore [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10060/north-shore/topic/mobility-location