31.4% ▲ +9.5%
Lower than 67% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.7%
- 2016: 33.0%
- 2021: 31.4%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Wallacia · Urban Centre
Migration & Movement in Wallacia
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Far fewer people have moved into Wallacia recently compared to the rest of the country. While 31.4% of residents changed homes in the last five years, this is well below the national figure of 40.7%. This suggests a more settled population where residents tend to stay put for longer periods.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
The share of people who moved house in the last five years is 31.4%, which is lower than most similar areas. This figure is well below the New South Wales average of 39.9%, though it has risen slightly since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 8.6% of the population, a figure that is higher than most similar areas. However, this remains well below the national average of 14.5% and has barely changed over the last decade.
8.6% ▼ -2.9%
Higher than 66% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 8.8%
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 8.6%
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 Wallacia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115150/wallacia/topic/mobility-location