Back Forest · Suburb / Locality

Migration & Movement in Back Forest

How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.

About 34.5% of people in Back Forest have changed their address in the last five years. While this is higher than most similar areas, it remains well below the state and national figures.

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Where Back Forest sits — People who moved in the last 5 years

34.5%
  • 0.0%–2.5%: 227 areas
  • 2.5%–5.0%: 16 areas
  • 5.0%–7.5%: 98 areas
  • 7.5%–10.0%: 125 areas
  • 10.0%–12.5%: 203 areas
  • 12.5%–15.0%: 345 areas
  • 15.0%–17.5%: 436 areas
  • 17.5%–20.0%: 453 areas
  • 20.0%–22.5%: 788 areas
  • 22.5%–25.0%: 945 areas
  • 25.0%–27.5%: 1185 areas
  • 27.5%–30.0%: 1252 areas
  • 30.0%–32.5%: 1267 areas
  • 32.5%–35.0%: 1117 areas
  • 35.0%–37.5%: 1006 areas
  • 37.5%–40.0%: 840 areas
  • 40.0%–42.5%: 688 areas
  • 42.5%–45.0%: 509 areas
  • 45.0%–47.5%: 403 areas
  • 47.5%–50.0%: 264 areas
  • 50.0%–52.5%: 232 areas
  • 52.5%–55.0%: 143 areas
  • 55.0%–57.5%: 120 areas
  • 57.5%–60.0%: 85 areas
  • 60.0%–62.5%: 62 areas
  • 62.5%–65.0%: 44 areas
  • 65.0%–67.5%: 43 areas
  • 67.5%–70.0%: 207 areas

All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Back Forest — higher than 63% of areas.

People who moved in the last 5 years compared with the state and national average
Back Forest34.5%
2535, NSW 35.0%
New South Wales 39.9%
Australia 40.7%

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People who moved in the last five years.

Roughly one in three residents moved recently. This rate is higher than in many similar areas, though it is still 5.4 percentage points lower than the New South Wales figure and 6.2 points below the national average.

34.5%

Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 30.7%
  • 2021: 34.5%

Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.

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 Back Forest [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10130/back-forest/topic/mobility-location