46.4% ▲ +12.3%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 41.3%
- 2016: 44.8%
- 2021: 46.4%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Macquarie · Suburb / Locality
Migration & Movement in Macquarie
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Nearly half of all residents in Macquarie have moved house in the last five years. This high turnover makes it a very mobile area compared to most of the country, with a strong flow of people moving in from both within Australia and overseas.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 46.4% of people here changed homes in the last five years. This is much higher than most areas and well above the national figure of 40.7%.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 19.1% of the population. This is much higher than most areas and sits a little above the ACT figure of 16.7%.
19.1% ▼ -28.9%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.9%
- 2016: 24.0%
- 2021: 19.1%
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 Macquarie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80091/macquarie/topic/mobility-location