37.2% ▲ +2.1%
Lower than 60% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 36.4%
- 2016: 35.4%
- 2021: 37.2%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
South Coast · Sub-region (SA3)
Migration & Movement in South Coast
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
A modest 37.2% of people in South Coast have changed homes in the last five years, showing a stable population. This is a quiet region for movement, with very few new arrivals from overseas compared to the rest of the state.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
The proportion of people who moved in the last five years is well below the national figure of 40.7% and slightly lower than the New South Wales average. This level of movement has barely changed since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Only 5.3% of residents arrived from overseas recently, which is among the lowest rates for similar areas. This figure is well below the 14.9% seen across New South Wales and has remained steady since 2011.
5.3% ▲ +16.9%
Lower than 92% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 4.6%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 5.3%
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 South Coast [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/10104/south-coast/topic/mobility-location