33.2% —
Lower than 90% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 34.1%
- 2021: 33.2%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Macquarie · Federal Electorate
Migration & Movement in Macquarie
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
A sharp drop in overseas arrivals defines the recent movement trends in Macquarie, where only 5.5% of people arrived from another country recently. This suggests a very stable population, as both internal movement and international migration are well below the national figures.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Residents in Macquarie are less likely to move than those in most other areas, with only 33.2% changing homes in the last five years. This figure is well below the national average of 40.7% and has fallen slightly since 2016.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Overseas arrivals have fallen significantly since 2011, dropping from 12.8% to 5.5%. This current rate is among the lowest for similar areas and is well below the New South Wales figure of 14.9%.
5.5% ▼ -57.5%
Lower than 99% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 5.5%
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 Macquarie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED127/macquarie/topic/mobility-location