37.3% ▲ +8.1%
Lower than 52% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 34.5%
- 2016: 40.2%
- 2021: 37.3%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
St Ives · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Only 10% of people in St Ives arrived from overseas recently, which is well below the national figure. This highlights a trend of lower international migration compared to other parts of New South Wales and Australia. Most residents are more settled, with slightly fewer people moving house in the last five years than the national average.
People who moved in the last five years.
About 37.3% of residents moved home in the last five years, a figure that has risen since 2011. This is a little below the New South Wales rate and well below the national figure of 40.7%.
37.3% ▲ +8.1%
Lower than 52% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 10% of the population, which is well below the 14.5% seen across Australia. This proportion has fallen by 3.8 percentage points since 2011.
10.0% ▼ -27.8%
Lower than 54% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of overseas-born residents who arrived in Australia in the five years before the census.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Migration & Movement in St Ives [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/121031410/st-ives/topic/mobility-location