32.2% ▼ -2.4%
Lower than 87% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 33.0%
- 2016: 34.0%
- 2021: 32.2%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Blue Mountains · State Electorate
Migration & Movement in Blue Mountains
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Fewer people are moving in and out of the Blue Mountains compared to other parts of the country, suggesting a very stable local population. Only 32.2% of residents have changed their home in the last five years, which is well below the national figure.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
The number of people who moved in the last five years is 32.2%, which is much lower than most areas. This rate is well below the New South Wales figure of 39.9% and has barely changed since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 4.4% of the population, which is among the lowest for similar areas. This is far below the national figure of 14.5% and has fallen slightly since 2011.
4.4% ▼ -18.6%
Lower than 99% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 5.4%
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 4.4%
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 Blue Mountains [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10011/blue-mountains/topic/mobility-location