41.3% ▼ -12.0%
Higher than 78% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 46.9%
- 2016: 40.6%
- 2021: 41.3%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Ballina · Urban Centre
Migration & Movement in Ballina
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
A sharp drop in new arrivals from overseas has shaped the recent movement patterns in Ballina. While 41.3% of people moved house in the last five years, the proportion of recent overseas arrivals has plummeted from 33.5% in 2011 to just 9.1% in 2021.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
More people move into Ballina than in most similar areas. The 41.3% who changed homes in the last five years is a little above the New South Wales figure, though this is 5.6 percentage points lower than it was in 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 9.1% of the population, which is higher than most similar areas. However, this is well below the national figure of 14.5% and shows a steep decline since 2011.
9.1% ▼ -72.9%
Higher than 68% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 33.5%
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 9.1%
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 Ballina [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL113001/ballina/topic/mobility-location