63.0% ▲ +4.3%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.4%
- 2016: 57.2%
- 2021: 63.0%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Alexandria · Suburb / Locality
Migration & Movement in Alexandria
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Among the most mobile areas in the region, Alexandria has a population that changes rapidly. Roughly 63% of residents moved here in the last five years, making it a highly transient hub for both local and international arrivals.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Moving is common here, with 63% of people arriving in the last five years. This is far above the New South Wales figure of 39.9% and the national average of 40.7%.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
International migration is also strong, with 19.4% of the population arriving from overseas recently. This is well above both the state figure of 14.9% and the Australian average of 14.5%.
19.4% ▼ -12.8%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.2%
- 2016: 25.7%
- 2021: 19.4%
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 Alexandria [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10030/alexandria/topic/mobility-location