44.1% —
Higher than 73% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 44.3%
- 2021: 44.1%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Maroubra - West · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Far more people move into or through Maroubra - West than in most similar areas. Nearly 44% of residents arrived in the last five years, showing a high turnover of people living here. This movement is driven by both local house-shifters and a significant number of people arriving from overseas.
People who moved in the last five years.
About 44.1% of people moved house in the last five years, which is well above the national figure of 40.7%. This high level of resident turnover has barely changed since 2016.
44.1% —
Higher than 73% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 19.1% of the population, a figure well above the New South Wales average of 14.9%. However, this proportion fell by 8.7 percentage points since the 2016 census.
19.1% —
Higher than 80% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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 Maroubra - West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/118021568/maroubra-west/topic/mobility-location