37.1% ▼ -5.6%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 39.3%
- 2016: 37.6%
- 2021: 37.1%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
West Ballina · Suburb / Locality
Migration & Movement in West Ballina
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Far fewer people move into West Ballina from overseas compared to the national average. While over a third of the population has changed homes recently, the area sees much lower levels of international arrival than the rest of the state.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Around 37.1% of people here moved house in the last five years. This is higher than in most similar areas, though it sits a little below the New South Wales figure of 39.9%.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 6.9% of the population, which is around the middle for its level. This is well below the Australian figure of 14.5%.
6.9% ▼ -20.4%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.7%
- 2016: 8.0%
- 2021: 6.9%
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 West Ballina [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14257/west-ballina/topic/mobility-location