61.9% ▲ +43.6%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 43.1%
- 2016: 32.9%
- 2021: 61.9%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Diggers Rest · Urban Centre
Migration & Movement in Diggers Rest
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
More people have moved into Diggers Rest recently than in most similar areas, with 61.9% of residents arriving in the last five years. This high level of movement marks a significant shift for the area, as the proportion of new arrivals has climbed steadily since 2011.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 61.9% of people moved here in the last five years, which is far above the national figure of 40.7%. This figure rose by 19 percentage points since 2011, placing the area among the highest for movement at this level.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 14.1% of the population, which is much higher than most similar areas. This is about the same as the Australian figure of 14.5% and rose slightly since 2011.
14.1% ▲ +36.3%
Higher than 79% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 14.1%
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 Diggers Rest [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL214007/diggers-rest/topic/mobility-location