72.1% ▼ -18.8%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 88.8%
- 2016: 93.8%
- 2021: 72.1%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Callaghan · Suburb / Locality
Migration & Movement in Callaghan
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
A huge turnover of residents defines life in Callaghan, where 72.1% of people have moved house in the last five years. This is far above the national figure, making it one of the most mobile areas in the region.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Changing addresses is very common here, with 72.1% of residents moving in the last five years. This is far above the 39.9% seen across New South Wales.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Overseas arrivals make up 39.6% of the population, a figure far above the 14.5% national average. This high proportion of recent arrivals helps explain why so many people in Callaghan have moved recently.
39.6% ▼ -46.3%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 73.7%
- 2016: 73.1%
- 2021: 39.6%
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 Callaghan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10754/callaghan/topic/mobility-location