33.4% ▲ +13.0%
Lower than 69% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 29.5%
- 2016: 33.0%
- 2021: 33.4%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Shellharbour - Oak Flats · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in Shellharbour - Oak Flats
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Far fewer people have moved into Shellharbour - Oak Flats recently compared to the rest of the country. Only 33.4% of residents arrived in the last five years, which is well below the national figure. This area is generally more stable than most other similar places.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About a third of the population moved here in the last five years, a rate that is well below the New South Wales figure of 39.9%. While this is lower than most areas, the proportion of movers has risen by 3.8 percentage points since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Only 4.8% of residents are recent arrivals from overseas, which is far below the 14.9% seen across New South Wales. This figure is much lower than most similar areas, though it has grown slightly since 2011.
4.8% ▲ +38.8%
Lower than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 3.5%
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 4.8%
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 Shellharbour - Oak Flats [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/107031142/shellharbour-oak-flats/topic/mobility-location