54.3% ▲ +31.4%
Higher than 88% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 41.4%
- 2016: 46.5%
- 2021: 54.3%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Penrith · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in Penrith
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Over half of all residents in Penrith have moved house recently, a figure far above the national average. This high churn reflects a very mobile population, with 54.3% of people arriving in the area within the last five years.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
The proportion of people who moved in the last five years rose 13 points since 2011 to reach 54.3%. This is far above the New South Wales figure of 39.9% and much higher than most other areas.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 15.3% of the population. This is higher than most areas, though it is about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
15.3% ▲ +2.7%
Higher than 70% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 14.8%
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 15.3%
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 Penrith [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/124031464/penrith/topic/mobility-location