48.1% —
Higher than 86% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 46.4%
- 2021: 48.1%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Parramatta · Federal Electorate
Migration & Movement in Parramatta
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Nearly half of all residents in Parramatta have changed homes recently, making it a very transient place to live. This high turnover is driven by a huge influx of people from abroad, with over a quarter of the population arriving from overseas in recent years.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 48.1% of people moved here in the last five years, a figure that is well above the national average of 40.7%. This proportion of movers has risen slightly since 2016.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Overseas arrivals make up 26.1% of the population, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 14.9%. This has increased significantly, rising 11 percentage points since 2011.
26.1% ▲ +71.1%
Higher than 92% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 15.2%
- 2016: 27.0%
- 2021: 26.1%
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 Parramatta [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED135/parramatta/topic/mobility-location