36.3% ▼ -7.6%
Lower than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 39.3%
- 2016: 37.7%
- 2021: 36.3%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Sawtell - Boambee · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Fewer people are moving into Sawtell - Boambee compared to most of the country, with 36.3% of residents arriving in the last five years. This trend suggests a more settled population, as both internal migration and overseas arrivals have fallen since 2011.
People who moved in the last five years.
The proportion of people who moved house in the last five years is 36.3%, which is well below the national figure of 40.7%. This is a drop of 3.0 percentage points since 2011.
36.3% ▼ -7.6%
Lower than 57% 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 9.2% of the population, a figure well below the 14.5% seen across Australia. This represents a decrease from 11.6% in 2011.
9.2% ▼ -20.2%
Lower than 59% 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 Sawtell - Boambee [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/104021089/sawtell-boambee/topic/mobility-location