43.8% ▲ +30.6%
Higher than 75% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 33.6%
- 2016: 35.3%
- 2021: 43.8%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Wagga Wagga · Urban Area
Migration & Movement in Wagga Wagga
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
A high turnover of residents makes Wagga Wagga a dynamic place to live, with 43.8% of people having moved here in the last five years. This movement is driven by both domestic shifts and a massive jump in people arriving from overseas.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
More people are moving into Wagga Wagga than in most other areas, with the share of recent movers rising 10 points since 2011. At 43.8%, this is well above the national figure of 40.7%.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Overseas arrivals have surged in Wagga Wagga, rising 17 points since 2011 to reach 28.7%. This is far above the New South Wales figure of 14.9% and among the highest levels seen for similar areas.
28.7% ▲ +135.2%
Higher than 96% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 13.8%
- 2021: 28.7%
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 Wagga Wagga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/1035/wagga-wagga/topic/mobility-location