50.2% ▲ +12.2%
Higher than 94% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 44.8%
- 2016: 47.0%
- 2021: 50.2%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Waverley · Council (LGA)
Migration & Movement in Waverley
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
More people have moved into Waverley recently than in most similar areas. Over half the population has changed homes in the last five years, and the area attracts a high number of people moving from overseas.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 50.2% of residents moved here in the last five years, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 39.9%. This level of movement has risen by 5.4 percentage points since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
People who arrived from overseas recently make up 23.2% of the population, which is well above the national figure of 14.5%. This is much higher than most areas, though the proportion fell slightly since 2011.
23.2% ▼ -4.1%
Higher than 87% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 24.2%
- 2016: 25.6%
- 2021: 23.2%
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 Waverley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA18050/waverley/topic/mobility-location