41.0% ▲ +15.8%
Higher than 77% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 35.4%
- 2016: 28.6%
- 2021: 41.0%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Barooga · Urban Centre
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Four in ten people in Barooga moved house in the five years before the 2021 census. This high level of movement shows Barooga is a dynamic area where new residents are frequently arriving.
People who moved in the last five years.
About 41.0% of residents have moved home since 2016, a figure that is much higher than most similar areas. This proportion has risen 5.6 percentage points since 2011 and is a little above the New South Wales figure.
41.0% ▲ +15.8%
Higher than 77% of urban centre areas.
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 10.3% of the population, which is higher than most similar areas. This is well below the national figure of 14.5%, though the proportion has risen 1.9 percentage points since 2011.
10.3% ▲ +23.1%
Higher than 72% of urban centre areas.
Share of overseas-born residents who arrived in Australia in the five years before the census.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Migration & Movement in Barooga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115009/barooga/topic/mobility-location