38.7% ▲ +9.3%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.4%
- 2016: 40.9%
- 2021: 38.7%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
West Wollongong · Suburb / Locality
Migration & Movement in West Wollongong
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Nearly 40% of people in West Wollongong have moved home in the last five years. This makes it a much more mobile area than most similar places, with a high number of both local movers and recent arrivals from overseas.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 38.7% of residents changed their address in the last five years. This is much higher than most similar areas, though it is a little below the state and national figures.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 15.1% of the population. This is much higher than most similar areas and is about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
15.1% ▼ -35.6%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.5%
- 2016: 22.6%
- 2021: 15.1%
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 Wollongong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14272/west-wollongong/topic/mobility-location