33.9% ▲ +13.7%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.9%
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 33.9%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Smithfield · Suburb / Locality
Migration & Movement in Smithfield
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
A much higher share of people in Smithfield have recently arrived from overseas compared to most other areas. While 16.4% of the population are recent arrivals, the local area is generally more stable than other parts of the country, with fewer people moving house recently.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 33.9% of residents moved in the last five years. This is higher than most similar areas, though it is well below the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Overseas arrivals are common here, with 16.4% of people arriving recently. This is a little above the national figure of 14.5% and the New South Wales figure of 14.9%.
16.4% ▲ +53.4%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.7%
- 2016: 16.0%
- 2021: 16.4%
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 Smithfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13575/smithfield/topic/mobility-location