34.9% ▲ +38.5%
Lower than 74% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 25.2%
- 2016: 34.0%
- 2021: 34.9%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Shellharbour · State Electorate
Migration & Movement in Shellharbour
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Far fewer people move into Shellharbour from overseas than in other parts of the country. Only 4.4% of the population arrived from another country recently, which is far below the national figure. This trend defines a community where most residents are either long-term locals or people moving from within Australia.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 34.9% of people moved home in the last five years, a figure that is well below both the state and national averages. This rate has risen 9.7 percentage points since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Overseas arrivals make up only 4.4% of the population, which is among the lowest for similar areas and far below the 14.5% national figure. This proportion fell 1.8 percentage points since 2011.
4.4% ▼ -29.0%
Lower than 99% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 6.2%
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 4.4%
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 Shellharbour [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10075/shellharbour/topic/mobility-location