37.9% —
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 32.4%
- 2021: 37.9%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Lakewood · Suburb / Locality
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Less than 3% of people in Lakewood have recently arrived from overseas, making it a very stable community. While many residents have moved house recently, the area sees very few new arrivals from abroad compared to the rest of the country.
People who moved in the last five years.
About 37.9% of residents moved here in the last five years. This is higher than in most similar areas, though it is a little below the New South Wales figure of 39.9%.
37.9% —
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Only 2.4% of the population are recent arrivals from overseas. This is far below the national figure of 14.5% and is lower than most other areas.
2.4% —
Lower than 67% 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 Lakewood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12268/lakewood/topic/mobility-location