37.0% ▲ +3.0%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.9%
- 2016: 38.0%
- 2021: 37.0%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Merrylands West · Suburb / Locality
Migration & Movement in Merrylands West
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
About 37% of people in Merrylands West have changed their address in the last five years. While this movement is higher than in most similar areas, it remains well below the national figure of 40.7%.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
A little over a third of residents moved here in the last five years, which is higher than most similar areas but a little below the New South Wales figure of 39.9%.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 11.1% of the population. This is higher than most similar areas, though it is well below the Australian average of 14.5%.
11.1% ▼ -20.4%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.9%
- 2016: 15.6%
- 2021: 11.1%
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 West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12600/merrylands-west/topic/mobility-location