37.2% —
Lower than 67% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 35.1%
- 2021: 37.2%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Whitlam · Federal Electorate
Migration & Movement in Whitlam
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Fewer people have moved into Whitlam recently compared to most similar areas. While 37.2% of residents shifted home in the last five years, the area has seen a sharp drop in people arriving from overseas.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 37.2% of residents moved house in the last five years, which is lower than most areas and well below the national figure of 40.7%. This is a slight increase from 2016, when the figure was 35.1%.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up just 5.6% of the population, among the lowest proportions for this level of area. This is well below the New South Wales figure of 14.9% and represents a steep fall from 23.3% in 2011.
5.6% ▼ -76.1%
Lower than 99% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 23.3%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 5.6%
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 Whitlam [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED147/whitlam/topic/mobility-location