37.0% ▲ +12.0%
Lower than 61% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 33.0%
- 2016: 36.3%
- 2021: 37.0%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Blacktown · Sub-region (SA3)
Migration & Movement in Blacktown
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Nearly 17% of people in Blacktown arrived from overseas recently, which is higher than the national figure. While international arrivals remain a steady part of the area, fewer people have moved house recently compared to other parts of the country.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 37% of residents moved home in the last five years, a figure that has risen since 2011. This is well below the Australian average of 40.7%.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 16.7% of the population, which is a little above both the state and national figures. This proportion has barely changed over the last decade.
16.7% ▲ +0.6%
Higher than 71% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 16.6%
- 2016: 16.0%
- 2021: 16.7%
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 Blacktown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/11601/blacktown/topic/mobility-location