53.6% ▲ +7.3%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 49.9%
- 2016: 48.7%
- 2021: 53.6%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Forrest · Suburb / Locality
Migration & Movement in Forrest
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
More than half of the people in Forrest have moved house recently, reflecting a high turnover of residents since 2011. Over 53% of the population arrived within the last five years, which is far above the national figure.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 53.6% of residents moved into the area in the last five years. This is among the highest rates for similar areas and sits well above the ACT figure of 46.1%.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 8% of the population. This is well below both the Australian figure of 14.5% and the ACT's 16.7%.
8.0% ▼ -43.9%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.3%
- 2016: 21.7%
- 2021: 8.0%
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 Forrest [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80057/forrest/topic/mobility-location