42.4% ▲ +9.4%
Higher than 67% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 38.8%
- 2016: 38.7%
- 2021: 42.4%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Nelson Bay · Urban Area
Migration & Movement in Nelson Bay
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
A much lower share of people have moved here from overseas compared to the rest of Australia, though Nelson Bay generally sees more internal movement. Over 42% of the population moved to the area in the last five years, showing a steady increase in people relocating to the region.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Recent movement into the area is higher than most other regions, with 42.4% of people moving in the last five years. This is a little above the national figure of 40.7% and has risen since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Only 8.5% of residents arrived from overseas recently, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 14.9% and much lower than most areas.
8.5% ▲ +13.1%
Lower than 78% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 7.5%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 8.5%
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 Nelson Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/1024/nelson-bay/topic/mobility-location