53.1% ▲ +6.7%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 49.8%
- 2016: 53.0%
- 2021: 53.1%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Paddington · Suburb / Locality
Migration & Movement in Paddington
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
More than half of the people in Paddington have moved house in the last five years, making it a very transient place to live. This high turnover is partly driven by a strong flow of new residents from overseas.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
A huge 53.1% of residents moved here in the last five years. This is far above the national figure of 40.7% and among the highest rates for similar areas.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 16.7% of the population. This is much higher than most areas and sits a little above the New South Wales figure of 14.9%.
16.7% ▼ -29.8%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.8%
- 2016: 22.3%
- 2021: 16.7%
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 Paddington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13126/paddington/topic/mobility-location