40.2% ▲ +2.9%
Higher than 75% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 39.1%
- 2016: 40.6%
- 2021: 40.2%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Gawler · Council (LGA)
Migration & Movement in Gawler
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
A massive gap exists between Gawler and the rest of the country when it comes to overseas arrivals. While 40.2% of residents moved here in the last five years, only 3.7% of the population arrived from overseas recently. This shows a community that is growing quickly, but mostly through people moving from within Australia.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 40.2% of people moved into Gawler in the last five years, which is much higher than most areas. This figure is well above the South Australian average of 36.9% and has risen slightly since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up just 3.7% of the population, a figure far below both the state and national averages of around 15%. This proportion has fallen by 2.1 percentage points since 2011.
3.7% ▼ -37.0%
Lower than 89% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 5.8%
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 3.7%
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 Gawler [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA42030/gawler/topic/mobility-location