36.0% —
Lower than 75% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 37.2%
- 2021: 36.0%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Watson · Federal Electorate
Migration & Movement in Watson
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
A surprisingly stable population defines Watson, where people tend to stay put for the long term. While very few residents have moved house recently, there has been a sharp increase in people arriving from overseas to settle in the area.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Only 36% of residents moved in the last five years, a figure that is well below the national average of 40.7%. This level of movement is much lower than most other areas and has fallen slightly since 2016.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 14.9% of the population, which is higher than most areas. This is about the same as the New South Wales and Australian figures, but it represents a significant rise from just 4.5% in 2011.
14.9% ▲ +230.5%
Higher than 61% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 4.5%
- 2016: 18.1%
- 2021: 14.9%
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 Watson [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED144/watson/topic/mobility-location