28.4% ▼ -5.7%
Lower than 88% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 30.1%
- 2016: 25.5%
- 2021: 28.4%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
West Wyalong · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in West Wyalong
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
More than 16% of people in West Wyalong arrived from overseas recently, a figure that is higher than most similar areas. While this international arrival rate has climbed, the town has seen a far lower rate of overall residents moving house compared to the rest of the state.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Only 28.4% of residents moved home in the last five years, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 39.9%. This rate has also fallen slightly since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Overseas arrivals make up 16.2% of the population, which is a little above the national figure of 14.5%. This proportion rose by 5.9 percentage points since 2011.
16.2% ▲ +57.2%
Higher than 73% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 16.2%
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 West Wyalong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/103021069/west-wyalong/topic/mobility-location