Kiama Heights · Suburb / Locality

Migration & Movement in Kiama Heights

How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.

About 33.4% of people in Kiama Heights have moved house in the last five years. This makes the area more stable than the state and national averages, with far fewer people changing homes recently.

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Where Kiama Heights sits — People who moved in the last 5 years

33.4% ▼ -4.9%
  • 0.0%–2.5%: 227 areas
  • 2.5%–5.0%: 16 areas
  • 5.0%–7.5%: 98 areas
  • 7.5%–10.0%: 125 areas
  • 10.0%–12.5%: 203 areas
  • 12.5%–15.0%: 345 areas
  • 15.0%–17.5%: 436 areas
  • 17.5%–20.0%: 453 areas
  • 20.0%–22.5%: 788 areas
  • 22.5%–25.0%: 945 areas
  • 25.0%–27.5%: 1185 areas
  • 27.5%–30.0%: 1252 areas
  • 30.0%–32.5%: 1267 areas
  • 32.5%–35.0%: 1117 areas
  • 35.0%–37.5%: 1006 areas
  • 37.5%–40.0%: 840 areas
  • 40.0%–42.5%: 688 areas
  • 42.5%–45.0%: 509 areas
  • 45.0%–47.5%: 403 areas
  • 47.5%–50.0%: 264 areas
  • 50.0%–52.5%: 232 areas
  • 52.5%–55.0%: 143 areas
  • 55.0%–57.5%: 120 areas
  • 57.5%–60.0%: 85 areas
  • 60.0%–62.5%: 62 areas
  • 62.5%–65.0%: 44 areas
  • 65.0%–67.5%: 43 areas
  • 67.5%–70.0%: 207 areas

All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Kiama Heights — higher than 59% of areas.

People who moved in the last 5 years compared with the state and national average
Kiama Heights33.4%
2533, NSW 35.5%
New South Wales 39.9%
Australia 40.7%

Moving home

People who moved in the last five years.

Roughly one third of residents moved here in the last five years, a figure that is well below the New South Wales rate of 39.9% and the national figure of 40.7%.

33.4% ▼ -4.9%

Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 35.1%
  • 2016: 37.5%
  • 2021: 33.4%

Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.

Arrivals from overseas

Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.

Recent overseas arrivals make up 4.9% of the population, which is well below the 14.5% seen across Australia and the 14.9% in New South Wales.

4.9% ▼ -38.2%

Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 7.9%
  • 2016: 4.5%
  • 2021: 4.9%

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 Kiama Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12126/kiama-heights/topic/mobility-location