38.2% ▲ +8.1%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.3%
- 2016: 40.2%
- 2021: 38.2%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Merrylands · Suburb / Locality
Migration & Movement in Merrylands
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Much higher proportions of people live in Merrylands than in most similar areas. While roughly 38% of residents have moved home in the last five years, the area's most striking feature is its high number of recent arrivals from overseas.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 38.2% of people here moved house in the last five years. This is higher than most areas, though it is a little below the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 18.1% of the population, which is much higher than most similar areas. This figure is well above the New South Wales average of 14.9% and the national figure of 14.5%.
18.1% ▲ +4.9%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.3%
- 2016: 21.1%
- 2021: 18.1%
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 Merrylands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12599/merrylands/topic/mobility-location