Wagga Wagga suburbs people moved to from the city

Boorooma tops the ranking: 12.8% of its residents lived in a capital city five years earlier, most of them in Sydney. Wagga Wagga and Bourkelands follow.

This page ranks Wagga Wagga suburbs by the share of residents aged five and over who lived in a capital city five years before the 2021 Census. Suburbs inside the capitals are not ranked, and only suburbs with at least 1,000 residents qualify.

These are the places people from the capitals moved to between 2016 and 2021, and each row names the capital most of them came from. It counts arrivals only: people who moved the other way are not in it, so a suburb near the top is not necessarily growing. Not every move is a sea change or a tree change: mining towns and Defence bases rank high because jobs bring people there. The Central Coast is part of Greater Sydney in the ABS geography; we count it as a place of its own, so moves from the Central Coast are not moves from Sydney. Source: ABS 2021 Census, via TableBuilder.

Wagga Wagga suburbs where the most residents moved from a capital city

Ranked by the share of residents aged five and over who lived in a capital city five years before the 2021 Census, among suburbs outside the capitals with at least 1,000 residents. It counts arrivals only: people who moved the other way are not in it.

1

Boorooma

NSW 2650 · 1,741 residents

12.8% lived in a capital five years earlier · most from Sydney · 196 residents

B 100.0
2

Wagga Wagga

NSW 2650 · 7,198 residents

9.1% lived in a capital five years earlier · most from Sydney · 622 residents

C 92.3
3

Bourkelands

NSW 2650 · 3,113 residents

7.9% lived in a capital five years earlier · most from Sydney · 230 residents

B 84.6
4

Lloyd

NSW 2650 · 1,509 residents

7.3% lived in a capital five years earlier · most from Sydney · 101 residents

B 76.9
5

Tatton

NSW 2650 · 2,560 residents

6.1% lived in a capital five years earlier · most from Sydney · 147 residents

B 69.2
6

Estella

NSW 2650 · 2,541 residents

5.7% lived in a capital five years earlier · most from Sydney · 135 residents

B 61.5
7

Turvey Park

NSW 2650 · 3,572 residents

5.7% lived in a capital five years earlier · most from Sydney · 188 residents

C 53.9
8

Kooringal

NSW 2650 · 7,404 residents

4.8% lived in a capital five years earlier · most from Sydney · 334 residents

C 46.1
9

Glenfield Park

NSW 2650 · 5,078 residents

4.5% lived in a capital five years earlier · most from Sydney · 210 residents

C 38.5
10

Lake Albert

NSW 2650 · 6,291 residents

3.7% lived in a capital five years earlier · most from Sydney · 222 residents

C 30.8
11

Springvale

NSW 2650 · 1,851 residents

3.1% lived in a capital five years earlier · most from Sydney · 55 residents

B 23.1
12

Ashmont

NSW 2650 · 3,747 residents

3.0% lived in a capital five years earlier · most from Sydney · 103 residents

D 15.4
13

Tolland

NSW 2650 · 3,459 residents

2.8% lived in a capital five years earlier · most from Sydney · 90 residents

C 7.7
14

Mount Austin

NSW 2650 · 4,035 residents

2.5% lived in a capital five years earlier · most from Sydney · 93 residents

C 0.0

Ranked from 14 qualifying suburbs.

How we ranked these

100% share of residents aged five and over who lived in one of the eight capital cities five years before the 2021 Census, percentile-ranked within Wagga Wagga's candidate pool. Suburbs that touch a capital's statistical area are not ranked, because the count for their own area includes people who never moved. The Central Coast counts as a place of its own, not as Sydney. Only suburbs with at least 1,000 residents qualify, and the larger number of arrivals breaks ties. It counts arrivals, not net migration. Source: ABS 2021 Census, via TableBuilder; the ABS adjusts small counts slightly to protect privacy. See how we calculate for the full methodology.

Common questions about this ranking

What are the wagga Wagga suburbs people moved to from the city?

Boorooma tops the ranking: 12.8% of its residents lived in a capital city five years earlier, most of them in Sydney. Wagga Wagga and Bourkelands follow.

How is this ranking put together?

Each Wagga Wagga suburb is ranked by the share of its residents aged five and over who lived in one of the eight capital cities five years before the 2021 Census. Suburbs inside the capitals are not ranked, and only suburbs with at least 1,000 residents are included.

Does this show where people are leaving?

No. It counts people who arrived from a capital, not people who left the suburb. A place near the top can have lost as many residents as it gained, so it is not a measure of growth.

Why are some suburbs near a capital missing?

A suburb that touches a capital's statistical area is left out: the Census count for its own area includes people who never moved, so a share would overstate the arrivals.

How current is it?

It covers moves between August 2016 and August 2021, from the 2021 Census, the most recent available until results from the August 2026 Census are released in 2027.

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Rankings last computed 12 October 2026. Recomputed after each ACARA schools data refresh.

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