31.4% ▼ -9.8%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.8%
- 2016: 31.5%
- 2021: 31.4%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Main Arm · Suburb / Locality
Migration & Movement in Main Arm
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
More people have arrived from overseas in Main Arm than in most similar areas. While these international arrivals are common, the local population is generally more settled than the state and national averages.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Only 31.4% of residents moved house in the last five years. This is well below the 39.9% seen in New South Wales and the 40.7% national figure.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 12.1% of the population, which is higher than most areas. This figure is a little below the New South Wales average of 14.9% and the Australian figure of 14.5%.
12.1% ▼ -32.0%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.9%
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 12.1%
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 Main Arm [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12454/main-arm/topic/mobility-location