33.8% ▲ +1.3%
Lower than 88% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 33.3%
- 2016: 32.6%
- 2021: 33.8%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
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Migration & Movement in Not in any Significant Urban Area
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Just 33.8% of people in the rural areas of New South Wales have moved house in the last five years. This makes the region much less mobile than most other parts of the country. Residents here are far more likely to stay put compared to the state and national figures.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Far fewer people have moved recently than in other areas, with 33.8% changing homes in the last five years. This is well below the New South Wales figure of 39.9% and has barely changed since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 9.4% of the population, which is lower than most areas. This is well below the national figure of 14.5% and has remained steady since 2011.
9.4% ▲ +6.3%
Lower than 73% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 8.9%
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 9.4%
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 Not in any Significant Urban Area [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/1000/not-in-any-significant-urban-area/topic/mobility-location