43.2% ▼ -2.2%
Higher than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 44.2%
- 2016: 43.1%
- 2021: 43.2%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Wagga Wagga - South · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in Wagga Wagga - South
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Nearly one third of the people in Wagga Wagga - South have arrived from overseas recently, a figure far above the national average. This high level of international migration contributes to a mobile population where many residents have changed addresses in recent years.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 43.2% of residents moved home in the last five years, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 39.9%. This is higher than most similar areas, although the proportion fell slightly from 44.2% in 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 32.0% of the population, which is far above the 14.5% seen across Australia. This proportion is among the highest for similar areas and rose by 7.7 percentage points since 2011.
32.0% ▲ +31.8%
Higher than 96% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 24.2%
- 2016: 29.6%
- 2021: 32.0%
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 Wagga Wagga - South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/113031269/wagga-wagga-south/topic/mobility-location