Blacktown City
Migration by age and location
Between 2016 and 2021, the LGA with the highest net migration to Blacktown City (+8,427) was from Parramatta, whilst the highest net loss (-5,045) was to The Hills Shire.
The age structure of people who move into and out of Blacktown City is strongly influenced by the residential role and function of the area and can influence demand for particular services. For instance, inner city areas near employment, education and entertainment tend to attract many young people in their late teens and early twenties, who move out in their late twenties and thirties to start families in suburban areas. Rural areas tend to lose young people and gain older families and retirees.
Understanding Blacktown City's attraction to different age groups helps to plan services for the community as well as advocating with other levels of government and private enterprise to provide infrastructure, employment opportunities and facilities which may help to retain age groups which are otherwise leaving the area.
To see annual migration patterns (outside the Census), please refer to the Annual migration by location page. Note - please use this with caution as currently the annual migration numbers are based on pre-Census change-of-address records and may not match the numbers on this page from the 2021 Census
Derived from the Census questions:
'Where does the person usually live?' and 'Where did the person usually live five years ago (at 10 August 2016)?'.
| Net gains and losses by LGA | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blacktown City - between 2016 and 2021 | ||||
| LGA | In migration | Out migration | Net migration | |
| Parramatta | 16260 | 12,207 | 3,780 | +8,427 |
| Cumberland | 12380 | 9,500 | 2,611 | +6,889 |
| Canterbury-Bankstown | 11570 | 2,483 | 783 | +1,700 |
| Ryde | 16700 | 1,887 | 816 | +1,071 |
| Hornsby | 14000 | 1,934 | 923 | +1,011 |
| Strathfield | 17100 | 1,219 | 247 | +972 |
| Fairfield | 12850 | 1,570 | 612 | +958 |
| Inner West | 14170 | 1,085 | 614 | +471 |
| Bayside (NSW) | 10500 | 847 | 436 | +411 |
| Georges River | 12930 | 636 | 239 | +397 |
| Burwood | 11300 | 531 | 138 | +393 |
| Canada Bay | 11520 | 848 | 463 | +385 |
| Willoughby | 18250 | 492 | 146 | +346 |
| Northern Beaches | 15990 | 547 | 368 | +179 |
| Lane Cove | 14700 | 335 | 161 | +174 |
| Randwick | 16550 | 332 | 225 | +107 |
| North Sydney | 15950 | 297 | 228 | +69 |
| Stirling | 57910 | 109 | 46 | +63 |
| Greater Dandenong | 22670 | 98 | 40 | +58 |
| Brimbank | 21180 | 85 | 46 | +39 |
| Port Adelaide Enfield | 45890 | 109 | 70 | +39 |
| Armidale Regional | 10180 | 63 | 35 | +28 |
| Knox | 23670 | 44 | 21 | +23 |
| Bayswater | 50420 | 29 | 6 | +23 |
| Griffith | 13450 | 43 | 21 | +22 |
| Mosman | 15350 | 49 | 28 | +21 |
| Edward River | 12730 | 20 | 0 | +20 |
| Karratha | 54310 | 20 | 0 | +20 |
| Scenic Rim | 36510 | 24 | 4 | +20 |
| Darwin | 71000 | 114 | 95 | +19 |
| Palmerston | 72800 | 49 | 31 | +18 |
| Mackay | 34770 | 50 | 33 | +17 |
| Joondalup | 54170 | 34 | 17 | +17 |
| Canning | 51330 | 47 | 30 | +17 |
| Hunters Hill | 14100 | 37 | 20 | +17 |
| Glen Eira | 22310 | 39 | 22 | +17 |
| Swan Hill | 26610 | 17 | 0 | +17 |
| Kwinana | 54830 | 28 | 12 | +16 |
| Kalamunda | 54200 | 18 | 3 | +15 |
| Liverpool | 14900 | 1,196 | 1,181 | +15 |
| Victoria Park | 58510 | 28 | 14 | +14 |
| Parkes | 16200 | 23 | 10 | +13 |
| Boroondara | 21110 | 29 | 17 | +12 |
| Unley | 47980 | 14 | 3 | +11 |
| Yarra Ranges | 27450 | 10 | 0 | +10 |
| Coonamble | 12150 | 13 | 3 | +10 |
| Ku-ring-gai | 14500 | 294 | 285 | +9 |
| Liverpool Plains | 14920 | 12 | 3 | +9 |
| Manningham | 24210 | 25 | 17 | +8 |
| Woollahra | 18500 | 35 | 27 | +8 |
| Charles Sturt | 41060 | 69 | 61 | +8 |
| Campbelltown (SA) | 40910 | 22 | 15 | +7 |
| Cockburn | 51820 | 31 | 24 | +7 |
| Perth | 57080 | 16 | 9 | +7 |
| Rockhampton | 36370 | 29 | 23 | +6 |
| Adelaide | 40070 | 22 | 16 | +6 |
| Stonnington | 26350 | 12 | 7 | +5 |
| Broken Hill | 11250 | 14 | 10 | +4 |
| Port Hedland | 57280 | 10 | 6 | +4 |
| Whitsunday | 37340 | 18 | 15 | +3 |
| Alice Springs | 70200 | 17 | 14 | +3 |
| Monash | 24970 | 46 | 43 | +3 |
| Warrumbungle Shire | 18020 | 33 | 30 | +3 |
| Wellington | 26810 | 12 | 10 | +2 |
| Hobsons Bay | 23110 | 16 | 14 | +2 |
| Narrabri | 15750 | 12 | 10 | +2 |
| Norwood Payneham and St Peters | 45290 | 13 | 11 | +2 |
| Central Highlands (Qld) | 32270 | 11 | 11 | 0 |
| Richmond Valley | 16610 | 24 | 24 | 0 |
| Mildura | 24780 | 28 | 29 | -1 |
| Belmont | 50490 | 15 | 16 | -1 |
| Cassowary Coast | 32260 | 9 | 11 | -2 |
| Western Downs | 37310 | 9 | 11 | -2 |
| Latrobe (Vic.) | 23810 | 16 | 18 | -2 |
| Greater Bendigo | 22620 | 10 | 12 | -2 |
| Greater Shepparton | 22830 | 18 | 21 | -3 |
| Upper Hunter Shire | 17620 | 16 | 19 | -3 |
| Leeton | 14750 | 14 | 17 | -3 |
| Prospect | 46510 | 8 | 11 | -3 |
| Kalgoorlie-Boulder | 54280 | 7 | 11 | -4 |
| Serpentine-Jarrahdale | 57700 | 7 | 11 | -4 |
| Mitcham | 44340 | 11 | 15 | -4 |
| Darebin | 21890 | 28 | 32 | -4 |
| Whitehorse | 26980 | 31 | 36 | -5 |
| Burnside | 40700 | 6 | 11 | -5 |
| Bunbury | 51190 | 7 | 12 | -5 |
| Murray Bridge | 45040 | 6 | 11 | -5 |
| Port Augusta | 46090 | 5 | 11 | -6 |
| Noosa | 35740 | 4 | 10 | -6 |
| Moonee Valley | 25060 | 10 | 16 | -6 |
| Warrnambool | 26730 | 4 | 11 | -7 |
| Waverley | 18050 | 65 | 72 | -7 |
| Somerset | 36580 | 4 | 11 | -7 |
| Southern Downs | 36660 | 8 | 16 | -8 |
| West Torrens | 48410 | 20 | 28 | -8 |
| Gosnells | 53780 | 69 | 77 | -8 |
| Bellingen | 10600 | 3 | 11 | -8 |
| Banyule | 20660 | 16 | 25 | -9 |
| Yarra | 27350 | 12 | 21 | -9 |
| Bega Valley | 10550 | 38 | 48 | -10 |
| Gunnedah | 13550 | 8 | 18 | -10 |
| Inverell | 14220 | 10 | 20 | -10 |
| Glen Innes Severn | 13010 | 3 | 13 | -10 |
| Brighton | 60410 | 0 | 10 | -10 |
| Tablelands | 36820 | 3 | 14 | -11 |
| Lismore | 14850 | 15 | 26 | -11 |
| Moreland | 25250 | 38 | 50 | -12 |
| Maribyrnong | 24330 | 15 | 27 | -12 |
| Frankston | 22170 | 27 | 39 | -12 |
| Tea Tree Gully | 47700 | 11 | 23 | -12 |
| Waratah-Wynyard | 65410 | 0 | 12 | -12 |
| Central Coast (Tas.) | 60810 | 0 | 13 | -13 |
| Cootamundra-Gundagai Regional | 12160 | 10 | 23 | -13 |
| Gwydir | 13660 | 3 | 17 | -14 |
| Devonport | 61610 | 0 | 14 | -14 |
| Launceston | 64010 | 28 | 42 | -14 |
| Burnie | 60610 | 3 | 17 | -14 |
| Armadale | 50210 | 28 | 42 | -14 |
| Forbes | 12900 | 4 | 19 | -15 |
| Coolamon | 12000 | 0 | 15 | -15 |
| Wagga Wagga | 17750 | 129 | 144 | -15 |
| Mornington Peninsula | 25340 | 7 | 22 | -15 |
| Wodonga | 27170 | 3 | 18 | -15 |
| Temora | 17350 | 3 | 20 | -17 |
| Snowy Valleys | 17080 | 12 | 29 | -17 |
| Oberon | 16100 | 5 | 22 | -17 |
| Swan | 58050 | 43 | 60 | -17 |
| Hobart | 62810 | 19 | 36 | -17 |
| Mount Barker | 44550 | 4 | 22 | -18 |
| Gawler | 42030 | 0 | 18 | -18 |
| Marion | 44060 | 39 | 57 | -18 |
| Gympie | 33620 | 0 | 18 | -18 |
| Tenterfield | 17400 | 0 | 18 | -18 |
| Ballarat | 20570 | 9 | 28 | -19 |
| Dungog | 12700 | 0 | 20 | -20 |
| Byron | 11350 | 5 | 25 | -20 |
| Toowoomba | 36910 | 27 | 47 | -20 |
| Townsville | 37010 | 97 | 117 | -20 |
| Salisbury | 47140 | 71 | 94 | -23 |
| West Tamar | 65810 | 0 | 23 | -23 |
| Moorabool | 25150 | 0 | 23 | -23 |
| Kingston (Vic.) | 23430 | 9 | 33 | -24 |
| Sutherland Shire | 17150 | 246 | 271 | -25 |
| Clarence | 61410 | 9 | 34 | -25 |
| Kingborough | 63610 | 7 | 34 | -27 |
| Cairns | 32080 | 55 | 82 | -27 |
| Sydney | 17200 | 706 | 733 | -27 |
| Onkaparinga | 45340 | 25 | 53 | -28 |
| Playford | 45680 | 35 | 64 | -29 |
| Yass Valley | 18710 | 0 | 29 | -29 |
| Upper Lachlan Shire | 17640 | 0 | 29 | -29 |
| Port Phillip | 25900 | 12 | 41 | -29 |
| Mitchell | 24850 | 5 | 34 | -29 |
| Mandurah | 55110 | 6 | 36 | -30 |
| Nambucca Valley | 15700 | 7 | 38 | -31 |
| Kiama | 14400 | 12 | 43 | -31 |
| Gladstone | 33360 | 21 | 53 | -32 |
| Rockingham | 57490 | 16 | 50 | -34 |
| Cabonne | 11400 | 3 | 37 | -34 |
| Muswellbrook | 15650 | 33 | 70 | -37 |
| Whittlesea | 27070 | 60 | 97 | -37 |
| Tamworth Regional | 17310 | 71 | 110 | -39 |
| Wanneroo | 58760 | 54 | 93 | -39 |
| Lockyer Valley | 34580 | 16 | 56 | -40 |
| Cardinia | 21450 | 16 | 56 | -40 |
| Orange | 16150 | 97 | 137 | -40 |
| Melbourne | 24600 | 48 | 89 | -41 |
| Ballina | 10250 | 11 | 58 | -47 |
| Cowra | 12350 | 7 | 54 | -47 |
| Greater Geelong | 22750 | 14 | 62 | -48 |
| Hilltops | 13910 | 15 | 64 | -49 |
| Goulburn Mulwaree | 13310 | 54 | 105 | -51 |
| Snowy Monaro Regional | 17040 | 9 | 64 | -55 |
| Bundaberg | 31820 | 22 | 84 | -62 |
| Singleton | 17000 | 17 | 80 | -63 |
| Kempsey | 14350 | 37 | 104 | -67 |
| Mid-Western Regional | 15270 | 52 | 119 | -67 |
| Campbelltown (NSW) | 11500 | 792 | 860 | -68 |
| Clarence Valley | 11730 | 16 | 89 | -73 |
| Eurobodalla | 12750 | 27 | 100 | -73 |
| Lithgow | 14870 | 95 | 168 | -73 |
| Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional | 16490 | 70 | 155 | -85 |
| Glenorchy | 62610 | 0 | 85 | -85 |
| Fraser Coast | 33220 | 33 | 127 | -94 |
| Tweed | 17550 | 23 | 118 | -95 |
| Albury | 10050 | 8 | 104 | -96 |
| Wingecarribee | 18350 | 54 | 151 | -97 |
| Dubbo Regional | 12390 | 90 | 191 | -101 |
| Bathurst Regional | 10470 | 118 | 234 | -116 |
| Coffs Harbour | 11800 | 63 | 186 | -123 |
| Newcastle | 15900 | 175 | 305 | -130 |
| Wollongong | 18450 | 238 | 370 | -132 |
| Brisbane | 31000 | 445 | 592 | -147 |
| Cessnock | 11720 | 68 | 219 | -151 |
| Redland | 36250 | 15 | 177 | -162 |
| Shellharbour | 16900 | 58 | 229 | -171 |
| Hume | 23270 | 74 | 258 | -184 |
| Blue Mountains | 10900 | 329 | 523 | -194 |
| Casey | 21610 | 80 | 284 | -204 |
| Maitland | 15050 | 95 | 302 | -207 |
| Melton | 24650 | 50 | 312 | -262 |
| Logan | 34590 | 135 | 397 | -262 |
| Shoalhaven | 16950 | 137 | 405 | -268 |
| Wollondilly | 18400 | 91 | 374 | -283 |
| Port Stephens | 16400 | 101 | 405 | -304 |
| Port Macquarie-Hastings | 16380 | 96 | 429 | -333 |
| Sunshine Coast | 36720 | 50 | 397 | -347 |
| Ipswich | 33960 | 109 | 508 | -399 |
| Wyndham | 27260 | 133 | 574 | -441 |
| Mid-Coast | 15240 | 87 | 565 | -478 |
| Moreton Bay | 35010 | 146 | 641 | -495 |
| Unincorporated ACT | 89399 | 334 | 856 | -522 |
| Lake Macquarie | 14650 | 196 | 757 | -561 |
| Gold Coast | 33430 | 225 | 1,050 | -825 |
| Camden | 11450 | 245 | 1,323 | -1,078 |
| Hawkesbury | 13800 | 1,598 | 3,047 | -1,449 |
| Central Coast (NSW) | 11650 | 670 | 2,128 | -1,458 |
| Penrith | 16350 | 5,264 | 10,054 | -4,790 |
| The Hills Shire | 17420 | 6,150 | 11,195 | -5,045 |
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Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing (opens a new window), 2021 (Usual Residence Data). Compiled and presented in profile.id by .id (opens a new window)(informed decisions).
NOTE: Data shown in the table and map excludes any Local Government Areas which have a population movement of fewer than 10 persons into and out of Blacktown City.