35.8% ▼ -0.3%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.0%
- 2016: 35.4%
- 2021: 35.8%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Lake Illawarra · Suburb / Locality
Migration & Movement in Lake Illawarra
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Far fewer people have moved into Lake Illawarra recently compared to the rest of the country. While about 35.8% of residents moved home in the last five years, this is well below the national figure.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 35.8% of people here moved house in the last five years. This is higher than most similar areas, though it remains well below the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 6.5% of the population. This is around the middle for its level, but well below the state and national figures.
6.5% ▲ +0.7%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.5%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 6.5%
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 Lake Illawarra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12259/lake-illawarra/topic/mobility-location