30.2% ▼ -11.8%
Lower than 72% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 34.2%
- 2016: 49.7%
- 2021: 30.2%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Walla Walla · Urban Centre
Migration & Movement in Walla Walla
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Far fewer people have moved to Walla Walla recently compared to the rest of the country. Only 30.2% of residents arrived in the last five years, which is far below the national figure of 40.7%. This suggests a very stable local population where most people stay long-term.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
The proportion of people who moved home in the last five years fell to 30.2% in 2021. This is well below the New South Wales figure of 39.9% and is lower than most similar areas.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 12.1% of the population, a figure that is much higher than in most similar areas. This is a little below the national rate of 14.5% and has fallen by 9.6 points since 2011.
12.1% ▼ -44.2%
Higher than 75% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 21.7%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 12.1%
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 Walla Walla [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL121113/walla-walla/topic/mobility-location