31.2% ▼ -1.8%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.8%
- 2016: 33.0%
- 2021: 31.2%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Swansea · Suburb / Locality
Migration & Movement in Swansea
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Fewer people are moving into and out of Swansea compared to other parts of the country. Only 31.2% of residents have changed homes in the last five years, which is well below the national figure of 40.7%. This suggests a stable population where most people stay put for long periods.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 31.2% of people moved recently, a figure that is well below the 39.9% seen across New South Wales. This is around the middle for similar areas, though it remains significantly lower than the national average.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 5.5% of the population, which is well below the 14.5% national average. This level of recent migration is around the middle for similar areas.
5.5% ▼ -40.6%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 5.5%
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 Swansea [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13726/swansea/topic/mobility-location