36.2% ▲ +14.0%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.7%
- 2016: 39.1%
- 2021: 36.2%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
White Rock · Suburb / Locality
Migration & Movement in White Rock
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
More than a quarter of the people in White Rock arrived from overseas recently, a figure far above the national average. This makes the area a significant hub for new arrivals, despite a lower overall rate of people moving house recently compared to the rest of the country.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 36.2% of residents moved home in the last five years. While this is higher than most similar areas, it is well below the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 26.1% of the population. This is among the highest proportions for this level of area and sits far above the Australian average of 14.5%.
26.1% ▲ +44.9%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.0%
- 2016: 17.3%
- 2021: 26.1%
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 White Rock [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14292/white-rock/topic/mobility-location