41.8% ▲ +2.6%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 40.8%
- 2016: 41.7%
- 2021: 41.8%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Merewether · Suburb / Locality
Migration & Movement in Merewether
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Over 40% of people in Merewether have moved house in the last five years, making it a highly mobile area. This shift is driven by both local moves and a notable number of new arrivals from overseas.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 41.8% of residents changed homes in the last five years, which is much higher than most similar areas and a little above the national figure.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Overseas arrivals make up 12.4% of the population, a figure that is higher than most similar areas but a little below the New South Wales and Australian averages.
12.4% ▼ -25.1%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.6%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 12.4%
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 Merewether [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12584/merewether/topic/mobility-location