55.6% ▲ +36.0%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 40.9%
- 2016: 48.3%
- 2021: 55.6%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Lewisham · Suburb / Locality
Migration & Movement in Lewisham
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Over half of all residents in Lewisham have changed their address recently, making it one of the most mobile areas at this level. This high turnover is seen in the 55.6% of people who moved house in the last five years, a figure far above the national average.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
The number of people who moved in the last five years is 55.6%, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 39.9% and the Australian average of 40.7%.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Overseas arrivals who recently moved to the area make up 14.5% of the population. This is much higher than most similar areas, though it is about the same as the state and national figures.
14.5% ▼ -5.1%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.3%
- 2016: 18.2%
- 2021: 14.5%
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 Lewisham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12322/lewisham/topic/mobility-location