29.3% —
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.8%
- 2021: 29.3%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Silverwater · Suburb / Locality
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Far fewer people have moved house in Silverwater recently compared to the rest of the country. While nearly 30% of residents arrived in the last five years, this is well below the national figure. The area's movement patterns show a more stable population than the state average.
People who moved in the last five years.
About 29.3% of residents moved house in the last five years. This is far below the 39.9% seen across New South Wales and the 40.7% recorded for Australia.
29.3% —
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 9.9% of the population, which is higher than most similar areas. However, this remains well below the 14.5% national figure and the 14.9% seen across New South Wales.
9.9% —
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of overseas-born residents who arrived in Australia in the five years before the census.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Migration & Movement in Silverwater [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13562/silverwater/topic/mobility-location