35.5% ▼ -16.9%
Higher than 53% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 42.7%
- 2016: 62.6%
- 2021: 35.5%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Nyngan · Urban Centre
Migration & Movement in Nyngan
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Recent arrivals from overseas have surged in Nyngan, nearly doubling since 2011 to reach 18.3%. This growth stands in contrast to a decline in people moving between homes within the country. The area is now much more welcoming to overseas newcomers than most other similar places.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 35.5% of residents moved home in the last five years, which is well below the national figure of 40.7%. This proportion has fallen by 7.2 percentage points since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
The share of people who arrived from overseas recently is 18.3%, a figure well above the New South Wales average of 14.9%. This is much higher than most areas and rose by 9.7 percentage points since 2011.
18.3% ▲ +112.7%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 8.6%
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 18.3%
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 Nyngan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115113/nyngan/topic/mobility-location