35.5% ▲ +1.7%
Higher than 54% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 34.9%
- 2016: 35.8%
- 2021: 35.5%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Kiama · Council (LGA)
Migration & Movement in Kiama
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Far fewer people have moved into Kiama recently compared to the rest of the country. Only 35.5% of residents arrived in the last five years, which is well below the national figure of 40.7%. This suggests a more stable population where people tend to stay put.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 35.5% of residents moved here in the last five years. This is well below the New South Wales figure of 39.9% and has barely changed since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up just 5.8% of the population, which is much lower than most areas. This is well below the national figure of 14.5% and has fallen since 2011.
5.8% ▼ -36.3%
Lower than 80% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 9.1%
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 5.8%
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 Kiama [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA14400/kiama/topic/mobility-location