46.4% ▲ +12.1%
Higher than 78% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 41.4%
- 2016: 44.8%
- 2021: 46.4%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Macquarie · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in Macquarie
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Nearly half of all residents in Macquarie have moved house in the last five years. This high level of mobility is a defining feature for the area, with 46.4% of people arriving recently.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 46.4% of people moved into the area in the last five years, a figure that is well above the national average and has risen by 5 percentage points since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 19.1% of the population, which is much higher than most areas and a little above the ACT figure. This is down from 27% in 2011.
19.1% ▼ -29.2%
Higher than 80% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 27.0%
- 2016: 24.0%
- 2021: 19.1%
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 Macquarie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/801011020/macquarie/topic/mobility-location