40.9% ▼ -4.1%
Higher than 62% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 42.7%
- 2016: 40.2%
- 2021: 40.9%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Kiama · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in Kiama
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
About 40.9% of people in Kiama have moved house in the last five years. This is higher than most similar areas and slightly above the New South Wales figure. While internal movement is common, the area sees far fewer new arrivals from overseas than the rest of the state.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Four in ten residents have changed homes since 2016, a figure that is slightly above the state average. This movement is a little lower than it was in 2011, when 42.7% of people had moved.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 7.0% of the population, which is well below the national figure of 14.5%. This proportion has fallen from 11.2% in 2011.
7.0% ▼ -37.4%
Lower than 72% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 11.2%
- 2016: 8.5%
- 2021: 7.0%
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 Kiama [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/107031138/kiama/topic/mobility-location