37.9% ▼ -7.1%
Higher than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 40.7%
- 2016: 31.9%
- 2021: 37.9%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Parkes · Urban Centre
Migration & Movement in Parkes
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
More people have moved to Parkes from overseas than in most similar areas. This trend has grown significantly over the last decade, while the number of people moving home overall has dipped slightly.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 37.9% of residents moved house in the last five years, which is higher than most similar areas. This is a little below the New South Wales figure of 39.9% and has fallen 2.9 percentage points since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 16.7% of the population, a figure much higher than most similar areas. This is a little above the national figure of 14.5% and has risen 7.6 percentage points since 2011.
16.7% ▲ +83.4%
Higher than 84% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 9.1%
- 2016: 14.5%
- 2021: 16.7%
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 Parkes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL114024/parkes/topic/mobility-location