30.4% ▼ -9.4%
Lower than 72% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 33.6%
- 2021: 30.4%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Whyalla · Urban Centre
Migration & Movement in Whyalla
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Fewer people are moving in and out of Whyalla compared to most of the country. Only 30.4% of residents have changed homes in the last five years, meaning the local population is more settled than people in other Australian towns.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
The proportion of people moving here is far below the national figure of 40.7%. This trend of stability has grown over time, as the share of people moving in the last five years fell from 33.6% in 2011 to 30.4% in 2021.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 8.2% of the population, which is higher than in most similar areas. However, this is well below the 15.1% seen across South Australia, and the figure has dropped from 10.5% since 2011.
8.2% ▼ -21.5%
Higher than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.5%
- 2021: 8.2%
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).
More for Whyalla
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Migration & Movement in Whyalla [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL412004/whyalla/topic/mobility-location