34.3% ▲ +5.7%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.5%
- 2016: 32.4%
- 2021: 34.3%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Shellharbour · Suburb / Locality
Migration & Movement in Shellharbour
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Fewer people have moved into Shellharbour recently compared to most of the country. This creates a stable environment where residents are more likely to stay put for the long term.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 34.3% of people moved here in the last five years, which is higher than most similar areas. However, this figure is still well below the New South Wales average of 39.9% and the national figure of 40.7%.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Only 1.3% of residents arrived from overseas recently. This is lower than most areas and far below the 14.5% national average.
1.3% ▼ -82.9%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.7%
- 2016: 2.0%
- 2021: 1.3%
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 Shellharbour [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13548/shellharbour/topic/mobility-location