37.8% ▲ +1.4%
Higher than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 37.3%
- 2016: 38.8%
- 2021: 37.8%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Central Coast · Urban Centre
Migration & Movement in Central Coast
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Far fewer people have moved here from overseas than in the rest of the state, though the Central Coast remains a popular spot for those changing homes. While 37.8% of residents moved here in the last five years, only 7% are recent arrivals from abroad.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 37.8% of people moved home in the last five years, which is higher than most similar areas. This figure is a little below the New South Wales and national rates and has barely changed since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 7% of the population, a figure that is well below the state and national averages. This is a drop from 2011, when the proportion was 8.6%.
7.0% ▼ -18.3%
Higher than 60% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 8.6%
- 2016: 7.9%
- 2021: 7.0%
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 Central Coast [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL102002/central-coast/topic/mobility-location