34.2% —
Lower than 86% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 36.6%
- 2021: 34.2%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Deakin · Federal Electorate
Migration & Movement in Deakin
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Only 34.2% of people in Deakin moved house in the last five years, which is much lower than most other areas. This suggests a very stable population where residents tend to stay in their homes for longer periods.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Fewer people have moved into the area recently, with the 34.2% figure sitting well below both the Victorian average of 40% and the national figure of 40.7%. This stability is a growing trend, as the proportion of movers fell by 2.4 percentage points since 2016.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 11.8% of the population, which is a little below the Australian average of 14.5%. This is a significant drop from 2011, when the proportion of new arrivals was 19.8%.
11.8% ▼ -40.5%
Lower than 59% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 19.8%
- 2016: 18.2%
- 2021: 11.8%
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 Deakin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED211/deakin/topic/mobility-location