25.7% ▼ -21.3%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.7%
- 2016: 28.5%
- 2021: 25.7%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Walkley Heights · Suburb / Locality
Migration & Movement in Walkley Heights
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Just 8.8% of people in Walkley Heights arrived from overseas recently, which is higher than most similar areas. While this is a notable local figure, the suburb is generally stable, with far fewer people moving house recently compared to the rest of the state.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Only 25.7% of residents moved in the last five years, a figure far below the South Australian average of 36.9% and the national rate of 40.7%. This means people in Walkley Heights are much less likely to change homes than most Australians.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
About 8.8% of the population are recent arrivals from overseas. While this is higher than in most similar areas, it remains well below the figures for both South Australia (15.1%) and Australia (14.5%).
8.8% ▼ -4.7%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 8.8%
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 Walkley Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41515/walkley-heights/topic/mobility-location