28.2% ▼ -12.3%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.2%
- 2016: 31.6%
- 2021: 28.2%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Forestville · Suburb / Locality
Migration & Movement in Forestville
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Far fewer people have moved into Forestville recently compared to other parts of the country. Only 28.2% of residents shifted here in the last five years, which is far below the national figure. This stability is mirrored in the low number of new overseas arrivals.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Just 28.2% of people moved to Forestville in the last five years, a figure far below the 39.9% seen across New South Wales and the 40.7% national average. This is lower than most other similar areas.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 6.4% of the population. This is well below the Australian figure of 14.5% and the state average of 14.9%.
6.4% ▼ -31.7%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 6.4%
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 Forestville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11551/forestville/topic/mobility-location