24.2% ▲ +14.4%
Lower than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 21.2%
- 2016: 29.4%
- 2021: 24.2%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Wandong - Heathcote Junction · Urban Centre
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Far fewer people have moved into Wandong - Heathcote Junction recently compared to the rest of the country. Only 24.2% of residents arrived in the last five years, which is much lower than most areas. This suggests a very stable local population where people tend to stay in their homes long-term.
People who moved in the last five years.
Only 24.2% of people moved here in the last five years, a figure far below the national rate of 40.7%. While this is much lower than most areas, the proportion of movers has risen slightly since 2011.
24.2% ▲ +14.4%
Lower than 88% of urban centre areas.
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up just 2.4% of the population, which is far below the 14.5% seen across Australia. This figure has fallen since 2011 and remains lower than most similar areas.
2.4% ▼ -47.7%
Lower than 61% of urban centre areas.
Share of overseas-born residents who arrived in Australia in the five years before the census.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Migration & Movement in Wandong - Heathcote Junction [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215087/wandong-heathcote-junction/topic/mobility-location