33.4% ▲ +11.8%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.9%
- 2016: 37.3%
- 2021: 33.4%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Matcham · Suburb / Locality
Migration & Movement in Matcham
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
About one in ten residents of Matcham arrived from overseas recently, a figure that is higher than most similar areas. This migration trend contrasts with the broader movement of the local population, which has remained more stable than in other parts of the state.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Only 33.4% of people here moved house in the last five years. This is well below the New South Wales figure of 39.9% and the national rate of 40.7%.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 9.6% of the population, which is higher than most similar areas. However, this is still well below the 14.5% seen across Australia.
9.6% ▲ +48.7%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.5%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 9.6%
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 Matcham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12530/matcham/topic/mobility-location