40.2% —
Higher than 75% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 40.6%
- 2021: 40.2%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Cumberland · Council (LGA)
Migration & Movement in Cumberland
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Far more people have recently moved into Cumberland than in most similar areas. This is a highly mobile region where 21.1% of the population arrived from overseas in the last five years, a figure well above the national average.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 40.2% of residents moved house in the last five years. This is much higher than in most areas, though it is about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia, and has barely changed since 2016.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
New arrivals from overseas make up 21.1% of the population, which is well above the 14.5% national figure. While this is much higher than most similar areas, the proportion fell slightly from 22.4% in 2016.
21.1% —
Higher than 84% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 22.4%
- 2021: 21.1%
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 Cumberland [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA12380/cumberland/topic/mobility-location