60.5% —
Higher than 92% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 55.5%
- 2021: 60.5%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Wollongong - East · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in Wollongong - East
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
More people have moved into Wollongong - East recently than in almost any similar area. About 60.5% of residents arrived within the last five years, making it a highly mobile part of the city.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Since 2016, the proportion of people moving here has risen by 5 percentage points. At 60.5%, the share of residents who moved in the last five years is far above the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 23.5% of the population, which is well above the national figure of 14.5%. This is much higher than most areas, although the share fell by 12 percentage points since 2016.
23.5% —
Higher than 88% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 35.6%
- 2021: 23.5%
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 Wollongong - East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/107041548/wollongong-east/topic/mobility-location