36.6% ▼ -4.6%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.4%
- 2016: 39.0%
- 2021: 36.6%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Fairfield Heights · Suburb / Locality
Migration & Movement in Fairfield Heights
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Nearly one in five people in Fairfield Heights arrived from overseas recently, a figure well above the national average. This high level of recent migration marks the area as a significant gateway for new arrivals in the region.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 36.6% of residents moved home in the last five years. While this is higher than in most similar areas, it is well below the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Overseas arrivals make up 19.5% of the population. This is much higher than most other areas and sits well above the national figure of 14.5%.
19.5% ▲ +14.1%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.1%
- 2016: 21.3%
- 2021: 19.5%
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 Fairfield Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11482/fairfield-heights/topic/mobility-location