29.9% ▲ +12.4%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.6%
- 2016: 29.8%
- 2021: 29.9%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Boambee · Suburb / Locality
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Far fewer people have moved into Boambee recently compared to the rest of the country, with only 29.9% changing homes in the last five years. This reflects a stable population where residents are much more likely to stay put than those in the wider state or nation.
People who moved in the last five years.
About 29.9% of people here moved in the last five years, a figure that is far below the New South Wales rate of 39.9% and the national figure of 40.7%. This level of movement is around the middle for similar areas.
29.9% ▲ +12.4%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 5.0% of the population. This is well below both the New South Wales figure of 14.9% and the Australian average of 14.5%.
5.0% ▼ -47.0%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of overseas-born residents who arrived in Australia in the five years before the census.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Migration & Movement in Boambee [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10420/boambee/topic/mobility-location