24.2% ▼ -15.9%
Lower than 98% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 28.8%
- 2016: 27.2%
- 2021: 24.2%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Walgett - Lightning Ridge · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in Walgett - Lightning Ridge
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Fewer people are moving into Walgett - Lightning Ridge than in most other parts of the country. Only 24.2% of residents have changed homes in the last five years, a figure that has fallen since 2011. This suggests a very stable population where most people stay put for the long term.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Just 24.2% of people moved here in the last five years, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 39.9%. This rate is among the lowest for similar areas and has dropped by 4.6 percentage points since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 13.5% of the population, which is higher than most areas. This proportion has barely changed since 2011 and is about the same as the national figure of 14.5%.
13.5% ▼ -2.5%
Higher than 63% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 13.9%
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 13.5%
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 Walgett - Lightning Ridge [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/105011096/walgett-lightning-ridge/topic/mobility-location