34.2% ▲ +23.4%
Lower than 66% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 27.7%
- 2016: 32.7%
- 2021: 34.2%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
West Wallsend - Barnsley - Killingworth · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in West Wallsend - Barnsley - Killingworth
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Far fewer people have moved into West Wallsend - Barnsley - Killingworth recently compared to the rest of the state. Just 34.2% of residents arrived in the last five years, which is well below the national figure of 40.7%. This suggests a more settled population than in most other Australian areas.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
While the proportion of people moving here rose 6.5 percentage points since 2011, it remains well below the New South Wales figure of 39.9%. This movement is lower than in most similar areas.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up only 6.5% of the population, a figure that is well below the national average of 14.5%. This level of migration from overseas has barely changed since 2011.
6.5% ▲ +5.7%
Lower than 75% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 6.2%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 6.5%
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 West Wallsend - Barnsley - Killingworth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/111021221/west-wallsend-barnsley-killingworth/topic/mobility-location