30.8% ▲ +11.6%
Lower than 80% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 27.6%
- 2016: 25.6%
- 2021: 30.8%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Macarthur · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in Macarthur
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Very few people are moving into or arriving in Macarthur compared to similar areas. Only 30.8% of residents moved house in the last five years, and overseas arrivals have dropped significantly to just 3.8%. This creates a stable population where most people have lived for a long time.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Far fewer people have moved here in the last five years than in most other areas. Macarthur's figure of 30.8% is well below the national 40.7% and far below the ACT's 46.1%, though it has risen slightly since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals are among the lowest at this level, falling from 11.3% in 2011 to 3.8% in 2021. This is far below both the national figure of 14.5% and the ACT average of 16.7%.
3.8% ▼ -66.5%
Lower than 92% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 3.8%
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 Macarthur [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/801071083/macarthur/topic/mobility-location