45.1% ▲ +11.6%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 40.4%
- 2016: 46.4%
- 2021: 45.1%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Auburn · Suburb / Locality
Migration & Movement in Auburn
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
A far higher proportion of people in Auburn have moved from overseas compared to the rest of the country. This area is a major hub for new arrivals, with 31.2% of residents arriving from abroad recently. This high level of international migration helps explain why the neighborhood is much more mobile than most other areas.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Almost 45.1% of people have changed homes in the last five years, which is well above the national figure of 40.7%. This movement is much higher than in most other similar areas.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 31.2% of the population, a figure that is far above the New South Wales average of 14.9%. This is among the highest proportions seen at this level.
31.2% ▲ +10.6%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.2%
- 2016: 32.0%
- 2021: 31.2%
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 Auburn [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10107/auburn/topic/mobility-location