59.1% ▲ +7.7%
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 54.9%
- 2016: 55.2%
- 2021: 59.1%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Wollongong · Suburb / Locality
Migration & Movement in Wollongong
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Nearly 60% of people in Wollongong have moved house recently, making it a very transient area. This high turnover is driven by both domestic movement and a strong flow of people arriving from overseas, far exceeding national patterns.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Almost 60% of residents moved into the area in the last five years. This is far above the 40.7% national figure and among the highest rates for similar areas.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 24.7% of the population, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 14.9%.
24.7% ▼ -35.6%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.3%
- 2016: 37.5%
- 2021: 24.7%
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 Wollongong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14376/wollongong/topic/mobility-location