46.2% ▼ -2.3%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 47.2%
- 2016: 45.5%
- 2021: 46.2%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Leichhardt · Suburb / Locality
Migration & Movement in Leichhardt
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Much higher proportions of people have moved into Leichhardt compared to most similar areas. Nearly half of all residents, 46.2%, arrived here in the last five years, making it a highly mobile community.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 46.2% of residents moved house in the last five years, which is well above the national figure of 40.7% and the NSW rate of 39.9%.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 9.0% of the population. While this is higher than most similar areas, it is well below the 14.5% seen across Australia.
9.0% ▼ -39.0%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.8%
- 2016: 15.6%
- 2021: 9.0%
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 Leichhardt [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12306/leichhardt/topic/mobility-location