28.1% ▼ -1.3%
Lower than 89% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 28.5%
- 2016: 28.2%
- 2021: 28.1%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Hay · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in Hay
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
More than one in five people in Hay arrived from overseas recently, a figure well above the national average. While the area attracts many new international residents, it sees far fewer people moving between homes compared to most other parts of the country.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Only 28.1% of residents moved in the last five years, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 39.9%. This low level of movement has barely changed since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 22.3% of the population, which is much higher than most areas and well above the Australian average of 14.5%. This figure has fallen slightly since 2011.
22.3% ▼ -5.1%
Higher than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 23.5%
- 2016: 18.1%
- 2021: 22.3%
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 Hay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/109021177/hay/topic/mobility-location