36.4% ▲ +0.6%
Lower than 65% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 36.2%
- 2016: 36.9%
- 2021: 36.4%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Wakehurst · State Electorate
Migration & Movement in Wakehurst
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Around 36.4% of residents in Wakehurst have moved house in the last five years, which is well below the national figure. This suggests a stable population where people tend to stay in their homes for longer than they do in other parts of the country.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Fewer people have moved into the area recently compared to most other places. The 36.4% movement rate is well below the New South Wales figure of 39.9% and has barely changed since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 11.9% of the population, which is a little below the Australian figure of 14.5%. This proportion of new overseas residents has fallen by 2.1 points since 2011.
11.9% ▼ -15.3%
Lower than 52% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 14.0%
- 2016: 14.7%
- 2021: 11.9%
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 Wakehurst [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10088/wakehurst/topic/mobility-location