24.9% ▼ -14.6%
Lower than 88% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 29.2%
- 2016: 27.7%
- 2021: 24.9%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Walgett · Council (LGA)
Migration & Movement in Walgett
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Only 24.9% of people in Walgett have moved house in the last five years, which is far below the national figure. This shows a population that is much more settled than most other Australian areas. While few people are moving into the region, the proportion of residents born overseas has remained steady.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Far fewer people have moved to Walgett recently compared to most other areas. At 24.9%, this is 16 percentage points lower than the Australian average and has fallen 4.3 points since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 13.7% of the population, which is about the same as the national figure of 14.5%. This proportion has barely changed since 2011.
13.7% ▼ -1.8%
Higher than 59% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 14.0%
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 13.7%
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 Walgett [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA17900/walgett/topic/mobility-location