34.0% ▲ +27.6%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.6%
- 2016: 30.1%
- 2021: 34.0%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Upper Main Arm · Suburb / Locality
Migration & Movement in Upper Main Arm
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Nearly one in six people in Upper Main Arm arrived from overseas recently, making it a place with much higher international migration than most similar areas. While many residents are new to the region, the overall rate of people moving house is lower than the national figure.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 34.0% of residents moved house in the last five years. This is higher than most similar areas, though it remains well below the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 17.1% of the population. This is much higher than most similar areas and sits a little above the state and national proportions.
17.1% ▲ +122.0%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.7%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 17.1%
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 Upper Main Arm [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14053/upper-main-arm/topic/mobility-location