42.9% ▲ +10.7%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.8%
- 2016: 41.2%
- 2021: 42.9%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Blacktown · Suburb / Locality
Migration & Movement in Blacktown
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
A gap of 7 percentage points above the national figure for recent overseas arrivals marks Blacktown as a major hub for new migrants. This area sees a high volume of movement, with 42.9% of residents having changed their home in the last five years.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Moving house is much more common here than in most areas. About 42.9% of people have moved in the last five years, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 39.9%.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
The area is a significant destination for people arriving from abroad, with 21.4% of residents being recent overseas arrivals. This is much higher than most other areas and well above the Australian average of 14.5%.
21.4% ▼ -5.2%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.6%
- 2016: 20.4%
- 2021: 21.4%
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 Blacktown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10396/blacktown/topic/mobility-location