28.3% ▲ +8.8%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.0%
- 2016: 36.0%
- 2021: 28.3%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Brierfield · Suburb / Locality
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Far fewer people move in and out of Brierfield compared to most other parts of the country. This stability is seen in the low number of recent arrivals, with only 4.4% of residents moving here from overseas recently.
People who moved in the last five years.
Only 28.3% of residents moved home in the last five years. This is far below the New South Wales figure of 39.9% and the national rate of 40.7%.
28.3% ▲ +8.8%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Overseas arrivals make up 4.4% of the population, which is lower than most areas. This is far below both the state (14.9%) and national (14.5%) figures.
4.4% ▼ -66.2%
Lower than 60% 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 Brierfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10565/brierfield/topic/mobility-location