49.7% ▲ +12.1%
Higher than 88% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 44.4%
- 2016: 47.6%
- 2021: 49.7%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Parramatta · Sub-region (SA3)
Migration & Movement in Parramatta
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Nearly half of all residents in Parramatta have moved home in the last five years, a figure that has risen since 2011. This high level of mobility is paired with a very large proportion of people who have recently arrived from overseas, making it one of the most transient areas in the region.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 49.7% of people here moved house in the last five years, which is well above the national figure of 40.7%. This trend has grown over the last decade, rising 5.4 percentage points since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 28.5% of the population, which is far above the 14.5% seen across Australia. This high level of overseas migration has remained steady since 2011.
28.5% ▲ +0.8%
Higher than 96% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 28.3%
- 2016: 29.2%
- 2021: 28.5%
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 Parramatta [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/12504/parramatta/topic/mobility-location