68.4% ▲ +16.4%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 58.8%
- 2016: 63.8%
- 2021: 68.4%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Parramatta · Suburb / Locality
Migration & Movement in Parramatta
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
A huge 68.4% of people in Parramatta moved house in the last five years. This level of mobility is far above the national figure and reflects a highly transient population. The area's dynamic nature is further highlighted by the fact that over 40% of residents have recently arrived from overseas.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Moving is very common here, with 68.4% of people changing homes in the last five years. This is among the highest rates for similar areas and sits far above the 40.7% national figure.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Overseas arrivals are also very high in Parramatta, where 42.3% of people recently moved from another country. This is far above the New South Wales figure of 14.9%.
42.3% ▲ +2.7%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 41.2%
- 2016: 44.0%
- 2021: 42.3%
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 Parramatta [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13167/parramatta/topic/mobility-location