56.2% ▲ +16.7%
Higher than 89% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 48.2%
- 2016: 56.4%
- 2021: 56.2%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Lyneham · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
More than half of the people in Lyneham have moved house recently, creating a dynamic local population. This high turnover is driven by a strong mix of new arrivals from across the country and from overseas.
People who moved in the last five years.
A striking 56.2% of residents moved here in the last five years, which is far above the ACT figure of 46.1%. This movement has increased over the last decade, rising by 8.1 percentage points since 2011.
56.2% ▲ +16.7%
Higher than 89% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
The area also attracts many people from abroad, with recent overseas arrivals making up 22.0% of the population. This is well above the national figure of 14.5%, though the proportion fell slightly from 23.3% in 2011.
22.0% ▼ -5.7%
Higher than 86% 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 Lyneham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/801051057/lyneham/topic/mobility-location