50.5% ▲ +49.7%
Higher than 89% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 33.7%
- 2016: 48.6%
- 2021: 50.5%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Parramatta · State Electorate
Migration & Movement in Parramatta
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Over half of all residents in Parramatta moved here in the last five years. This high level of movement is driven by a huge surge in people arriving from overseas, with 25.3% of the population arriving from abroad recently.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 50.5% of people have moved house in the last five years, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 39.9%. This mobility has risen sharply, climbing 17 points since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 25.3% of the population, which is among the highest rates for similar areas. This is far above the national figure of 14.5% and has grown by 20 points over the last decade.
25.3% ▲ +378.9%
Higher than 92% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 27.5%
- 2021: 25.3%
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 Parramatta [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10065/parramatta/topic/mobility-location