18.1% ▼ -25.7%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.4%
- 2016: 22.8%
- 2021: 18.1%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Cowan · Suburb / Locality
Migration & Movement in Cowan
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Very few people have moved into Cowan recently compared to most other areas. Only 18.1% of residents arrived in the last five years, which is far below the national figure of 40.7%. This suggests a very stable population where most people stay in their homes for a long time.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Just 18.1% of people moved house in the last five years, a figure far below the New South Wales rate of 39.9%. This is much lower than most other areas.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 3.9% of the population. This is far below the Australian average of 14.5% and is lower than most similar areas.
3.9% ▲ +21.7%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.2%
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 3.9%
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 Cowan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11097/cowan/topic/mobility-location