39.3% ▲ +3.2%
Higher than 70% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 38.1%
- 2016: 42.9%
- 2021: 39.3%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Murwillumbah · Urban Centre
Migration & Movement in Murwillumbah
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Just 3.9% of people in Murwillumbah arrived from overseas recently, which is far below the national figure. While few new migrants are arriving from abroad, nearly 40% of the population has moved house in the last five years.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 39.3% of residents moved home in the last five years, a figure that is higher than most similar areas. This is about the same as the New South Wales average and has risen slightly since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Overseas arrivals make up 3.9% of the population, which is far below the 14.5% seen across Australia. This proportion has fallen by 0.9 percentage points since 2011.
3.9% ▼ -18.8%
Lower than 55% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 4.8%
- 2016: 17.8%
- 2021: 3.9%
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 Murwillumbah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL114021/murwillumbah/topic/mobility-location