42.0% ▲ +21.6%
Higher than 80% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 34.5%
- 2016: 47.2%
- 2021: 42.0%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Hillston · Urban Centre
Migration & Movement in Hillston
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
A striking 62.8% of recent arrivals in Hillston have come from overseas, marking a huge increase since 2011. This shift has made the town a significant hub for new migrants. Most people here are new to the area, with many moving in over the last few years.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
More than 42% of residents moved to Hillston in the last five years, which is much higher than most similar areas. This figure has risen 7.4 percentage points since 2011 and sits a little above the national average.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 62.8% of the population, a figure that is far above the New South Wales average of 14.9%. This is a massive jump from 2011, when only 6% of the community were recent arrivals from abroad.
62.8% ▲ +954.4%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 6.0%
- 2016: 26.4%
- 2021: 62.8%
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 Hillston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115081/hillston/topic/mobility-location