36.1% —
Lower than 78% of urban area areas.
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Wollongong · Urban Area
Migration & Movement in Wollongong
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Far fewer people have moved into or arrived from overseas in Wollongong compared to most similar areas. Only 36.1% of residents have changed homes in the last five years, showing a population that is more settled than the state and national averages.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Only 36.1% of people have moved home in the last five years. This is well below the New South Wales figure of 39.9% and the Australian average of 40.7%.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 9.6% of the population. This is lower than most areas and well below both the state (14.9%) and national (14.5%) figures.
9.6% —
Lower than 72% of urban area areas.
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 Wollongong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/1036/wollongong/topic/mobility-location