38.7% ▲ +10.3%
Higher than 54% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 35.1%
- 2016: 36.0%
- 2021: 38.7%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
South West Rocks · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in South West Rocks
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Just 7.8% of people in South West Rocks arrived from overseas recently, a figure well below the national average. While the area sees a low proportion of new international arrivals, it has become slightly more mobile over the last decade.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 38.7% of residents moved home in the last five years, which is a little below the national figure of 40.7%. This proportion has risen by 3.6 percentage points since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 7.8% of the population, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 14.9%. This share of the community rose slightly from 7.0% in 2011.
7.8% ▲ +11.5%
Lower than 67% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 7.0%
- 2016: 8.4%
- 2021: 7.8%
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 South West Rocks [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/108021160/south-west-rocks/topic/mobility-location