41.9% ▲ +37.6%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.5%
- 2016: 38.8%
- 2021: 41.9%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Tomakin · Suburb / Locality
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
More than four in ten people in Tomakin have moved house recently, making it a very mobile community. This high rate of movement stands out compared to most other areas, although the proportion of new arrivals from overseas remains quite low.
People who moved in the last five years.
About 41.9% of residents moved in the last five years, which is much higher than most areas. This is a little above the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
41.9% ▲ +37.6%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 5.8% of the population. This is well below the national figure of 14.5% and the New South Wales rate of 14.9%.
5.8% ▲ +149.7%
Lower than 54% 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 Tomakin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13908/tomakin/topic/mobility-location