47.6% ▲ +5.0%
Higher than 88% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 45.3%
- 2016: 48.1%
- 2021: 47.6%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
2025, NSW · Postcode
Migration & Movement in 2025, NSW
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Nearly half of all residents in postcode 2025 have changed homes in the last five years. This movement is well above the national figure, showing a population that is much more mobile than most other Australian areas.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Almost 47.6% of people moved here in the last five years, a rate that is well above the New South Wales figure of 39.9%. This trend has risen slightly since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 14.3% of the population, which is about the same as the national and state figures. This proportion has fallen by 4.1 percentage points since 2011.
14.3% ▼ -22.3%
Higher than 73% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 18.5%
- 2016: 19.8%
- 2021: 14.3%
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 2025, NSW [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA2025/2025-nsw/topic/mobility-location