32.9% ▼ -15.4%
Lower than 60% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 38.9%
- 2016: 29.8%
- 2021: 32.9%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Lithgow · Urban Centre
Migration & Movement in Lithgow
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Fewer people are moving into Lithgow than in other parts of the country, with only 32.9% of residents arriving in the last five years. This lower rate of movement suggests a more stable population compared to the state and national figures.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 32.9% of people moved here in the last five years, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 39.9%. This is a downward trend, as the proportion of new arrivals fell 6.0 percentage points since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 7.0% of the population, a figure that is higher than most similar areas. However, this remains well below the Australian average of 14.5% and has fallen since 2011.
7.0% ▼ -34.2%
Higher than 60% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.6%
- 2016: 15.8%
- 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 Lithgow [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL113008/lithgow/topic/mobility-location