27.7% ▲ +0.4%
Lower than 90% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 27.5%
- 2016: 28.9%
- 2021: 27.7%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Cowra Surrounds · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in Cowra Surrounds
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Far fewer people move into or out of Cowra Surrounds compared to the rest of the state. Only 27.7% of residents have changed homes in the last five years, which is a huge gap compared to the national figure of 40.7%. This stability has remained consistent for a decade.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Moving house is much less common here than in most areas. Only 27.7% of people moved in the last five years, a figure that is far below the New South Wales rate of 39.9% and has barely changed since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 6.6% of the population, which is well below the 14.5% national average. This proportion of new arrivals from abroad has stayed exactly the same since 2011.
6.6% ▼ -1.3%
Lower than 75% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 6.6%
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 6.6%
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 Cowra Surrounds [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/103021064/cowra-surrounds/topic/mobility-location