38.5% ▲ +16.9%
Higher than 70% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 32.9%
- 2016: 37.5%
- 2021: 38.5%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
2539, NSW · Postcode
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
A significant gap exists between postcode 2539 and the rest of the country regarding overseas migration. While nearly 40% of the population has changed homes recently, very few new arrivals from overseas have settled here compared to state and national figures.
People who moved in the last five years.
About 38.5% of people moved here in the last five years, a figure that is higher than most similar areas. This is slightly below the New South Wales and Australian figures, though the proportion of movers has risen by 5.6 percentage points since 2011.
38.5% ▲ +16.9%
Higher than 70% of postcode areas.
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Only 5.3% of residents arrived from overseas recently, which is well below the national figure of 14.5%. This is lower than most other areas, despite a small increase of 0.9 percentage points since 2011.
5.3% ▲ +21.4%
Lower than 67% of postcode areas.
Share of overseas-born residents who arrived in Australia in the five years before the census.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Migration & Movement in 2539, NSW [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA2539/2539-nsw/topic/mobility-location