49.8% ▲ +7.8%
Higher than 84% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 46.2%
- 2016: 50.0%
- 2021: 49.8%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
West Ryde - Meadowbank · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in West Ryde - Meadowbank
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Nearly half of all residents in West Ryde - Meadowbank have moved home since 2011, showing a significant shift in the local population. This high turnover is driven by both internal migration and a strong, though declining, flow of people arriving from overseas.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 49.8% of people moved house in the last five years, which is much higher than most areas and well above the national figure of 40.7%. This rate of movement has risen by 3.6 percentage points since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 17.3% of the population, a figure that is a little above the New South Wales average. However, this has fallen by 7.5 percentage points compared to 2011.
17.3% ▼ -30.1%
Higher than 76% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 24.8%
- 2016: 24.2%
- 2021: 17.3%
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 West Ryde - Meadowbank [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/126021503/west-ryde-meadowbank/topic/mobility-location