47.1% ▲ +21.7%
Higher than 87% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 38.7%
- 2016: 42.2%
- 2021: 47.1%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
2019, NSW · Postcode
Migration & Movement in 2019, NSW
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Nearly half of all residents in postcode 2019 have moved home recently. This high level of mobility makes it a very transient area compared to other parts of the country, with 47.1% of people arriving in the last five years.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Almost 47.1% of residents moved in the last five years, which is well above the national figure of 40.7%. This trend has risen by 8.4 percentage points since 2011, making it much more mobile than most areas.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 9.0% of the population, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 14.9%. This proportion has fallen slightly by 0.9 percentage points since 2011.
9.0% ▼ -9.1%
Higher than 53% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 9.9%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 9.0%
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 2019, NSW [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA2019/2019-nsw/topic/mobility-location