48.8% ▲ +29.7%
Higher than 92% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 37.6%
- 2016: 37.1%
- 2021: 48.8%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Byron Bay · Urban Area
Migration & Movement in Byron Bay
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Nearly half of all residents in Byron Bay have moved here in the last five years. This high turnover is driven by a massive surge in overseas arrivals, making it one of the most mobile areas in the region.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 48.8% of people moved to Byron Bay in the last five years, a figure that is well above both the state and national averages. This proportion has risen by 11 points since 2011, placing it among the highest for this level of area.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Overseas arrivals have grown sharply, with 29.1% of the population arriving from abroad recently. This is far above the national figure of 14.5% and represents a 26 point increase since 2011.
29.1% ▲ +871.5%
Higher than 97% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 29.1%
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 Byron Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/1008/byron-bay/topic/mobility-location