30.8% ▲ +8.0%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.5%
- 2016: 34.0%
- 2021: 30.8%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Federal · Suburb / Locality
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Only 4.3% of people in Federal recently arrived from overseas, which is far below the national figure. This means the area is much more stable and less reliant on new international arrivals than other parts of the country.
People who moved in the last five years.
About 30.8% of residents moved home in the last five years. This is well below the New South Wales rate of 39.9% and the national figure of 40.7%.
30.8% ▲ +8.0%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
The proportion of recent overseas arrivals is far below both the state (14.9%) and national (14.5%) figures, which is also lower than most similar areas.
4.3% ▲ +63.2%
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 Federal [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11502/federal/topic/mobility-location