31.7% —
Lower than 65% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 29.6%
- 2021: 31.7%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Snowy Valleys · Council (LGA)
Migration & Movement in Snowy Valleys
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
More people have moved into Snowy Valleys recently, with the proportion of residents who changed homes in the last five years rising since 2016. This shift is modest, as the area remains far more stable than the rest of the state.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Just 31.7% of people moved house in the last five years, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 39.9%. This low turnover means the area is less mobile than most other parts of the country.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 12.0% of the population, a figure that has barely changed since 2016. This is a little below the national average of 14.5%.
12.0% —
Higher than 52% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 12.0%
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 Snowy Valleys [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA17080/snowy-valleys/topic/mobility-location