43.4% ▲ +10.4%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 39.3%
- 2016: 35.5%
- 2021: 43.4%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Woolgoolga · Suburb / Locality
Migration & Movement in Woolgoolga
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
One in four people in Woolgoolga arrived from overseas recently, making it one of the most welcoming spots for new arrivals in the region. This high level of international migration contributes to a very mobile population, with more people changing their address here than in most other areas.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Moving is common here, as 43.4% of residents have changed homes in the last five years. This is well above the New South Wales figure of 39.9% and a little above the national rate.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
The area sees a huge influx of people from abroad, with recent overseas arrivals making up 25.1% of the population. This is far above the 14.5% seen across Australia.
25.1% ▼ -3.2%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.9%
- 2016: 22.6%
- 2021: 25.1%
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 Woolgoolga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14420/woolgoolga/topic/mobility-location