53.4% ▲ +1.6%
Higher than 88% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 52.6%
- 2016: 50.8%
- 2021: 53.4%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Watson · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in Watson
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
More people have moved into Watson recently, although the share of new overseas arrivals has dropped since 2011. Over half the population has changed homes in the last five years, making it a much more mobile area than most of the country.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
A striking 53.4% of residents moved house in the last five years, which is far above the national figure of 40.7%. This is well above the ACT average and represents a small increase since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 18.8% of the population, a figure that is much higher than most areas. While this remains a little above the ACT average, it has fallen by 4.2 percentage points since 2011.
18.8% ▼ -18.2%
Higher than 80% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 23.0%
- 2016: 26.0%
- 2021: 18.8%
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 Watson [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/801051061/watson/topic/mobility-location