35.5% —
Lower than 78% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 37.1%
- 2021: 35.5%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Mackellar · Federal Electorate
Migration & Movement in Mackellar
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Far fewer people are moving into or arriving in Mackellar compared to other parts of the country. Only 35.5% of residents have moved house recently, suggesting a very stable population where people tend to stay put for the long term.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Just 35.5% of people moved here in the last five years, which is well below the national figure of 40.7%. This proportion has fallen since 2016, and the area is now much less mobile than most other places.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 9.9% of the population, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 14.9%. While this is much lower than most areas, the share of recent overseas arrivals has risen slightly since 2011.
9.9% ▲ +14.6%
Lower than 74% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 8.6%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 9.9%
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 Mackellar [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED126/mackellar/topic/mobility-location