40.6% ▲ +13.9%
Higher than 75% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 35.7%
- 2016: 35.7%
- 2021: 40.6%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Ocean Shores · Urban Centre
Migration & Movement in Ocean Shores
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
More people have moved into Ocean Shores since 2011, with 40.6% of residents arriving in the last five years. This high level of movement is reflected in the area's growing trend of attracting both domestic and overseas arrivals.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 40.6% of residents moved here in the last five years, which is much higher than most similar areas. This figure is about the same as the state and national averages, but it has risen 5.0 percentage points since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 10.5% of the population, a figure that is higher than most similar areas. However, this is well below the New South Wales and Australian figures, though it has risen 2.5 percentage points since 2011.
10.5% ▲ +31.3%
Higher than 72% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 14.6%
- 2021: 10.5%
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 Ocean Shores [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115115/ocean-shores/topic/mobility-location