36.8% ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 74% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 38.4%
- 2016: 35.8%
- 2021: 36.8%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Grafton · Urban Area
Migration & Movement in Grafton
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Fewer people are moving into Grafton compared to other parts of the country, contributing to a stable local population. Only 36.8% of residents have changed homes in the last five years, which is well below the national figure.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Movement into the area is much lower than in most other regions, with the proportion of people who moved in the last five years falling slightly since 2011 to 36.8%. This is well below the 39.9% seen across New South Wales.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 11.5% of the population, a figure that has risen since 2011. This is well below the national average of 14.5%.
11.5% ▲ +18.6%
Lower than 58% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 11.5%
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 Grafton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/1015/grafton/topic/mobility-location