36.8% —
Lower than 70% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 35.5%
- 2021: 36.8%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Riverina · Federal Electorate
Migration & Movement in Riverina
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Much higher rates of overseas arrivals define Riverina, where 22.3% of people moved from another country recently. While the area has seen a surge in international arrivals, it remains more stable than most places in terms of people moving between homes.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Fewer people have moved house here recently than in most other areas. At 36.8%, this figure is well below the 39.9% seen across New South Wales, though it has risen slightly since 2016.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 22.3% of the population, which is well above the national figure of 14.5%. This proportion has grown significantly over the last decade, rising 12 points since 2011.
22.3% ▲ +107.1%
Higher than 88% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 20.3%
- 2021: 22.3%
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 Riverina [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED139/riverina/topic/mobility-location