27.8% ▼ -5.7%
Lower than 89% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 29.5%
- 2016: 24.3%
- 2021: 27.8%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Walcha · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in Walcha
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Far fewer people move into or out of Walcha compared to other parts of the country. Only 27.8% of residents have changed homes in the last five years, a figure that is far below the national average.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Movement is much lower here than in most areas, with 27.8% of people moving in the last five years. This is far below the national figure of 40.7% and has fallen slightly since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Overseas arrivals are among the lowest at this level, making up just 2.4% of the population. This is far below the New South Wales figure of 14.9% and represents a sharp drop from 9.9% in 2011.
2.4% ▼ -76.2%
Lower than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 9.9%
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 2.4%
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 Walcha [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/110011189/walcha/topic/mobility-location