38.6% ▲ +2.0%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.8%
- 2016: 36.9%
- 2021: 38.6%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Five Dock · Suburb / Locality
Migration & Movement in Five Dock
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Much lower numbers of recent overseas arrivals define Five Dock compared to the rest of the state. While 38.6% of the population moved homes in the last five years, the proportion of people arriving from abroad is well below the national figure.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 38.6% of residents have moved house in the last five years. This is much higher than most similar areas, though it sits a little below the New South Wales and Australian figures.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 6.6% of the population. This is around the middle for its level, but is well below the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
6.6% ▼ -14.4%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.7%
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 6.6%
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 Five Dock [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11533/five-dock/topic/mobility-location