37.9% ▲ +14.2%
Lower than 55% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 33.2%
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 37.9%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Snowy Mountains · Sub-region (SA3)
Migration & Movement in Snowy Mountains
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
A striking 17.3% of people in the Snowy Mountains arrived from overseas recently, which is much higher than most areas. This growth in international arrivals has seen the region become more diverse since 2011. While internal movement is also common, the jump in overseas migration is the most significant change for the area.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 37.9% of residents moved house in the last five years, a figure that has risen since 2011. This is a little below the New South Wales rate of 39.9% and the national figure of 40.7%.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 17.3% of the population, which is a little above the state (14.9%) and national (14.5%) figures. This proportion has grown significantly, rising 8.9 percentage points since 2011.
17.3% ▲ +107.3%
Higher than 73% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 8.3%
- 2016: 7.9%
- 2021: 17.3%
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 Snowy Mountains [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/10103/snowy-mountains/topic/mobility-location