37.0% ▲ +3.3%
Higher than 60% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 35.8%
- 2016: 31.3%
- 2021: 37.0%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Blackheath · Urban Centre
Migration & Movement in Blackheath
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Far fewer people move into Blackheath from overseas compared to the rest of the state. While a fair number of residents have changed homes recently, the area remains much less diverse in its arrivals than the national average.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 37% of people moved here in the last five years, which is higher than most similar areas. This figure rose slightly since 2011, though it remains a little below the New South Wales rate of 39.9%.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 3.8% of the population, a figure that is far below the 14.5% seen across Australia. This proportion has grown slightly since 2011, when it was 2.4%.
3.8% ▲ +56.4%
Lower than 55% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 3.8%
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 Blackheath [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115019/blackheath/topic/mobility-location