30.2% ▼ -28.7%
Lower than 72% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 42.3%
- 2016: 37.2%
- 2021: 30.2%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Cressy · Urban Centre
Migration & Movement in Cressy
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Over one in five residents of Cressy now come from overseas, marking a huge shift in who lives here. While the town has seen a surge in new international arrivals, fewer people are moving into the area from elsewhere in the country compared to the past.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Only 30.2% of people moved here in the last five years, which is far below the national figure of 40.7%. This stability is a new trend for the town, as the share of recent movers fell by 12 points since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Overseas arrivals make up 21.7% of the population, a figure well above the 14.5% seen across Australia. This represents a significant increase for Cressy, rising 16 points from just 5.2% in 2011.
21.7% ▲ +318.9%
Higher than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 5.2%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 21.7%
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 Cressy [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL621008/cressy/topic/mobility-location