37.2% —
Lower than 53% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 35.8%
- 2021: 37.2%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Young · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Nearly one in five people in Young arrived from overseas recently, contributing to a growing international presence in the town. While movement within Australia is common, the most striking shift is the steady rise in people moving here from abroad.
People who moved in the last five years.
About 37.2% of residents moved house in the last five years, a figure that has risen slightly since 2016. This is a little below the New South Wales rate and well below the national figure.
37.2% —
Lower than 53% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 18.1% of the population, which is much higher than most areas. This figure is well above the state and national levels, having climbed 6.9 percentage points since 2016.
18.1% —
Higher than 78% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of overseas-born residents who arrived in Australia in the five years before the census.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Migration & Movement in Young [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/101061543/young/topic/mobility-location