35.9% ▲ +7.8%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.3%
- 2016: 28.2%
- 2021: 35.9%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Wolumla · Suburb / Locality
Migration & Movement in Wolumla
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Higher movement than most similar areas defines Wolumla, where about 36% of people have changed homes in the last five years. Despite this local trend, the community is far less mobile than the wider state or national averages.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 35.9% of residents moved in the last five years, which is higher than most similar areas. However, this is well below the New South Wales figure of 39.9% and the national figure of 40.7%.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 5.0% of the population, placing Wolumla around the middle for its level. This is well below both the state (14.9%) and national (14.5%) figures.
5.0% ▼ -28.3%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 5.0%
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 Wolumla [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14380/wolumla/topic/mobility-location