27.5% ▼ -10.0%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.5%
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 27.5%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
The Pocket · Suburb / Locality
Migration & Movement in The Pocket
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Far fewer people have moved into The Pocket recently compared to the rest of the country. Only 27.5% of residents arrived in the last five years, which is well below the national figure of 40.7%. This suggests a very stable population with few newcomers.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 27.5% of people moved here in the last five years. This is far below the New South Wales figure of 39.9% and lower than most similar areas.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 6.0% of the population. This is well below the national figure of 14.5% and the state average of 14.9%.
6.0% ▲ —
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 6.0%
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 The Pocket [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13850/the-pocket/topic/mobility-location