38.6% ▼ -0.8%
Higher than 67% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 38.8%
- 2016: 28.7%
- 2021: 38.6%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Coolamon · Urban Centre
Migration & Movement in Coolamon
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
A sharp rise in overseas arrivals defines the recent movement patterns in Coolamon. While nearly 40% of the population has moved house in the last five years, the most striking change is the doubling of people arriving from abroad since 2011.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 38.6% of people in Coolamon moved house in the last five years, which is higher than most similar areas. This figure is slightly lower than the New South Wales and national totals, and has barely changed since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 14.0% of the population, a figure that is much higher than most similar areas. This proportion is about the same as the state and national figures, but it rose by 7.5 percentage points since 2011.
14.0% ▲ +115.1%
Higher than 79% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 6.5%
- 2016: 26.7%
- 2021: 14.0%
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 Coolamon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115042/coolamon/topic/mobility-location