41.2% ▲ +5.8%
Higher than 64% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 39.0%
- 2016: 37.6%
- 2021: 41.2%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Williamtown - Medowie - Karuah · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in Williamtown - Medowie - Karuah
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Much fewer people have moved here from overseas compared to the rest of the state, making Williamtown - Medowie - Karuah a place with very low international migration. While recent overseas arrivals have dropped, more than 41% of the population has changed their home address in the last five years.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 41.2% of residents moved house in the last five years, which is higher than most similar areas. This is a little above the New South Wales figure of 39.9% and has risen since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up only 7.3% of the population, which is well below the 14.9% seen across New South Wales. This figure has fallen by 3.3 percentage points since 2011.
7.3% ▼ -31.2%
Lower than 70% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 10.7%
- 2016: 6.4%
- 2021: 7.3%
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 Williamtown - Medowie - Karuah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/106031125/williamtown-medowie-karuah/topic/mobility-location