38.5% ▼ -6.2%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 41.1%
- 2016: 40.7%
- 2021: 38.5%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Sawtell · Suburb / Locality
Migration & Movement in Sawtell
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Much lower rates of recent overseas arrivals mark Sawtell compared to the state and national figures. While 10.9% of residents arrived from abroad recently, the area remains popular for those moving house, with 38.5% changing homes in the last five years.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Nearly 4 in 10 people have moved house in the last five years, a figure that is much higher than most similar areas. This movement is slightly below the New South Wales rate of 39.9%.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 10.9% of the population, which is higher than most similar areas. However, this is well below the 14.5% seen across Australia.
10.9% ▼ -39.3%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.0%
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 10.9%
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 Sawtell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13513/sawtell/topic/mobility-location