39.6% ▲ +3.8%
Higher than 55% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 38.1%
- 2016: 38.4%
- 2021: 39.6%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Wagga Wagga · Sub-region (SA3)
Migration & Movement in Wagga Wagga
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Wagga Wagga stands out among similar areas for its high proportion of people born overseas. Over a quarter of the population arrived from other countries, which is far above the national figure. This international growth is a key part of how the region's population is changing.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Around 39.6% of residents moved home in the last five years. This is about the same as the New South Wales average and has risen slightly since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 25.7% of the population, a figure far above both the state and national averages. This proportion has grown since 2011, when it sat at 21.8%.
25.7% ▲ +17.6%
Higher than 92% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 21.8%
- 2016: 24.0%
- 2021: 25.7%
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 Wagga Wagga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/11303/wagga-wagga/topic/mobility-location