39.1% ▲ +7.6%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.3%
- 2016: 37.0%
- 2021: 39.1%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
South West Rocks · Suburb / Locality
Migration & Movement in South West Rocks
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Far fewer people have moved from overseas to South West Rocks than the national figure, with only 8.8% arriving recently. While overseas migration is low, the area remains quite mobile, as nearly 40% of residents have changed homes in the last five years.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 39.1% of people moved house in the last five years, which is much higher than most similar areas. This is about the same as the New South Wales figure and just a little below the national rate.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 8.8% of the population, a figure that is higher than most similar areas but well below both the state and national averages.
8.8% ▲ +8.7%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 8.7%
- 2021: 8.8%
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 South West Rocks [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13616/south-west-rocks/topic/mobility-location