48.8% ▲ +23.1%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 39.7%
- 2016: 46.1%
- 2021: 48.8%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Federal · Suburb / Locality
Migration & Movement in Federal
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Nearly half of all residents in Federal have moved here in the last five years, a figure well above the national average. This makes it one of the most mobile areas in the region, driven by both domestic moves and a steady flow of people arriving from overseas.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 48.8% of people moved to Federal in the last five years, which is among the highest rates for similar areas and well above the 40.7% national figure.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 12.2% of the population, which is higher than most areas, though this is a little below the state and national figures.
12.2% ▼ -8.5%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 12.2%
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 Federal [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31025/federal/topic/mobility-location