34.4% ▼ -38.3%
Lower than 77% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 55.8%
- 2016: 34.7%
- 2021: 34.4%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Swansea · State Electorate
Migration & Movement in Swansea
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Far fewer people have moved into Swansea recently compared to the rest of the country. Only 34.4% of residents arrived in the last five years, a figure that is well below the national average.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Movement into the area has dropped sharply, falling 21 points since 2011. This rate is now much lower than most similar areas and sits well below the New South Wales figure of 39.9%.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up just 5.1% of the population, which is among the lowest levels for this type of area. This is well below the Australian average of 14.5% and represents a steep 33 point fall since 2011.
5.1% ▼ -86.4%
Lower than 95% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 37.8%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 5.1%
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 Swansea [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10079/swansea/topic/mobility-location