31.0% —
Lower than 69% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 30.4%
- 2021: 31.0%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Edward River · Council (LGA)
Migration & Movement in Edward River
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
A much higher share of people in Edward River arrived from overseas recently compared to most other areas. While 18.5% of residents are recent overseas arrivals, the local population is generally settled, with far fewer people moving house in recent years than in the rest of the country.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Only 31.0% of residents moved home in the last five years, which is well below the national figure of 40.7%. This low level of movement has barely changed since 2016.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 18.5% of the population, a figure well above the New South Wales average of 14.9%. However, this proportion fell by 11 points since the 2016 census.
18.5% —
Higher than 77% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 29.0%
- 2021: 18.5%
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 Edward River [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA12730/edward-river/topic/mobility-location