36.2% ▲ +8.2%
Higher than 56% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 33.4%
- 2016: 32.6%
- 2021: 36.2%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Cowra · Urban Centre
Migration & Movement in Cowra
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Nearly 18% of people in Cowra arrived from overseas recently, a figure well above the national average. This makes the town a significant hub for new arrivals compared to similar areas. While international migration is high, fewer residents have moved between Australian homes lately.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 36.2% of people moved home in the last five years, which is well below both the state and national figures. This rate has risen slightly by 2.7 percentage points since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 17.8% of the population, which is much higher than most similar areas. This proportion has grown by 4.0 percentage points since 2011 and sits well above the Australian figure of 14.5%.
17.8% ▲ +29.0%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.8%
- 2016: 14.9%
- 2021: 17.8%
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 Cowra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL114007/cowra/topic/mobility-location