31.4% ▲ +5.9%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.7%
- 2016: 33.5%
- 2021: 31.4%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Sefton · Suburb / Locality
Migration & Movement in Sefton
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Roughly 31.4% of Sefton residents have moved house in the last five years, which is a much lower rate than the national average. This suggests a stable population where people tend to stay in their homes for longer periods. The area also sees a steady flow of new arrivals from overseas.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 31.4% of people here moved in the last five years. This is around the middle for similar areas, but is well below the New South Wales figure of 39.9% and the Australian figure of 40.7%.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 9.6% of the population, which is higher than most areas. However, this is still well below the 14.9% seen in New South Wales and the 14.5% national average.
9.6% ▲ +12.8%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.5%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 9.6%
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 Sefton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13531/sefton/topic/mobility-location