57.9% ▲ +82.9%
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.7%
- 2016: 38.7%
- 2021: 57.9%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Boolaroo · Suburb / Locality
Migration & Movement in Boolaroo
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
A far higher share of people have moved into Boolaroo recently compared to the rest of the state. Around 57.9% of residents arrived in the last five years, making it one of the most mobile areas in its class. This high turnover of residents contrasts with a relatively low number of people arriving from overseas.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
The 57.9% of people who moved here in the last five years is far above the New South Wales figure of 39.9% and the national figure of 40.7%. This level of movement is among the highest for similar areas.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 7.8% of the population, which is well below both New South Wales (14.9%) and Australia (14.5%). This figure sits around the middle for areas of this level.
7.8% ▼ -61.0%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.0%
- 2016: 10.5%
- 2021: 7.8%
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).
More for Boolaroo
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Migration & Movement in Boolaroo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10480/boolaroo/topic/mobility-location