38.7% ▲ +7.2%
Lower than 52% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 36.1%
- 2016: 38.6%
- 2021: 38.7%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Southern Highlands and Shoalhaven · Region (SA4)
Migration & Movement in Southern Highlands and Shoalhaven
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Much lower rates of recent overseas arrivals define the movement patterns of Southern Highlands and Shoalhaven compared to most other areas. While 38.7% of people have moved house in the last five years, the region sees far fewer new arrivals from abroad than the state or national figures.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
The proportion of people who moved in the last five years has risen to 38.7% since 2011. This is slightly lower than the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Only 7.4% of residents arrived from overseas recently, which is well below the 14.9% seen across New South Wales. This figure has risen 2.1 percentage points since 2011.
7.4% ▲ +39.5%
Lower than 89% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 7.4%
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 Southern Highlands and Shoalhaven [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa4/114/southern-highlands-and-shoalhaven/topic/mobility-location