42.0% —
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 46.1%
- 2021: 42.0%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Westdale · Suburb / Locality
Migration & Movement in Westdale
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
A huge 35% of Westdale's overseas arrivals are recent, making this a highly dynamic area for new migrants. This trend goes alongside a generally mobile population, with more people moving home here than in most other similar areas.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 42% of residents have moved house in the last five years. This is much higher than most similar areas and sits a little above both the New South Wales and national figures.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
The proportion of recent overseas arrivals is among the highest at this level. At 35%, this is far above the New South Wales figure of 14.9% and the national average of 14.5%.
35.0% —
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 44.9%
- 2021: 35.0%
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 Westdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14276/westdale/topic/mobility-location