35.1% ▼ -0.8%
Lower than 62% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 35.4%
- 2016: 31.8%
- 2021: 35.1%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Waverley - St Leonards · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in Waverley - St Leonards
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Nearly 19% of residents in Waverley - St Leonards arrived from overseas recently, a figure well above the national average. This high rate of international arrival stands in contrast to the local trend of people staying put, with fewer residents moving house over the last five years than in most other areas.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 35.1% of people moved home in the last five years, which is a little below the Tasmania figure and well below the national rate. This level of movement has barely changed since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 18.9% of the population, which is much higher than most areas. This figure rose by 2.3 percentage points since 2011 and is well above the Australian average of 14.5%.
18.9% ▲ +13.9%
Higher than 80% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 16.6%
- 2016: 14.6%
- 2021: 18.9%
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 Waverley - St Leonards [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/602011050/waverley-st-leonards/topic/mobility-location