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Section 2.3Figure 6Mid North Coast Statistical Division: Net Migration Profile, 2001–2006Net migration200010000FemaleMale–1000–2000–3000–40005–910–1415–1920–2425–2930–3435–3940–4445–4950–5455–5960–6465–6970–74Cohort age in 2006Source: Calculated from 2001 and 2006 Population CensusesTable 11New South Wales: Regions, Internal Migration 1996–2006 and Immigrants WhoArrived in Australia Between 1996 and 2006RegionInternal migration 1996–2001 Internal migration 2001– 2006 Immigrants arrivedIn Out Net In Out Net 1997–2001 2001–2006Sydney 175,732 233,685 –57,953 122,179 243,191 –121,012 173,083 196,212Coastal NSW 189,277 158,174 31,103 207,391 173,948 33,443 12,066 16,897Central NSW 91,899 95,028 –3129 71,833 86,971 –15,138 3088 4409Western NSW 40,489 66,292 –25,803 19,733 20,612 –879 643 771Source: Unpublished data from 2001 Australian Census, TableBuilder 2006The New South Wales pattern of net migration has a quite distinctive spatial patternwhich is also present in the other states. It is apparent that net international migrationgain plays a much lesser role in the growth of population in non-metropolitan areas,even in those that are experiencing significant expansion. This is evident in Table 11,which shows for the state of New South Wales the in, out and net migration for 1996–2006 in Sydney and three non-metropolitan zones parallel to the coast together withthe number of immigrants who arrived between 1996 and 2001 and 2001 and 2006.In the growing coastal non-metropolitan areas there were 35,745 recent immigrantsbut 396,668 immigrants had moved in from elsewhere in Australia and there was a netinternal migration gain of 64,546. The pattern of net internal migration loss increaseswith distance from the coast and the number of recent immigrants decreases. This mixof interstate and international migration contribution to growth is indicative of patternsacross Australia.A Greater Australia: Population, Policies and Governance88