31.0% ▼ -11.1%
Lower than 69% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 34.9%
- 2016: 33.9%
- 2021: 31.0%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Wentworth · Urban Centre
Migration & Movement in Wentworth
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Only 31% of people in Wentworth have moved house in the last five years, which is well below the national figure. This suggests a very stable population where few residents change their address. While overseas arrivals are more common here than in similar areas, the overall trend shows a decline in both local and international movement.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Fewer people in Wentworth move house compared to most other areas. The 31% who moved in the last five years is well below the New South Wales figure of 39.9%, and this rate has fallen by 3.9 percentage points since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 10.2% of the population, which is higher than in most similar areas. However, this is well below the Australian average of 14.5%, and the proportion of new arrivals has fallen by 5.6 percentage points since 2011.
10.2% ▼ -35.2%
Higher than 72% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 15.8%
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 10.2%
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 Wentworth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115156/wentworth/topic/mobility-location