68.8% ▲ +16.9%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 58.8%
- 2016: 86.7%
- 2021: 68.8%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Boorooma · Suburb / Locality
Migration & Movement in Boorooma
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Nearly 69% of people in Boorooma have moved house in the last five years, making it a highly transient place. This constant movement is driven by a strong influx of new residents, including a significant number of people arriving from overseas.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
A huge 68.8% of residents moved here within the last five years. This is far above the New South Wales figure of 39.9% and the national rate of 40.7%, placing Boorooma among the highest areas for movement.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Overseas arrivals make up 19.1% of the population, which is much higher than most areas. This is well above the 14.5% seen across Australia and the 14.9% recorded in New South Wales.
19.1% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 37.0%
- 2021: 19.1%
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 Boorooma [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10499/boorooma/topic/mobility-location