37.6% ▲ +17.5%
Higher than 64% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 32.0%
- 2016: 36.3%
- 2021: 37.6%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Penrith · Council (LGA)
Migration & Movement in Penrith
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
More than a third of people in Penrith have moved home recently, reflecting a growing trend of mobility in the area. While 37.6% changed addresses in the last five years, the region has seen fewer recent arrivals from overseas compared to the rest of the state and country.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
The proportion of people who moved in the last five years rose by 5.6 percentage points since 2011 to reach 37.6%. While this is higher than most similar areas, it remains a little below the New South Wales figure and well below the national rate.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 8.2% of the population, which is lower than most areas. This figure has fallen slightly since 2011 and is well below both the state and national figures.
8.2% ▼ -11.3%
Lower than 66% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 8.2%
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 Penrith [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA16350/penrith/topic/mobility-location