47.1% —
Higher than 83% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 35.9%
- 2021: 47.1%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Higgins · Federal Electorate
Migration & Movement in Higgins
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Nearly half of all residents in Higgins have moved house recently, making it a highly mobile area. This trend is driven by a combination of strong internal movement and a large number of people arriving from overseas.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 47.1% of people moved house in the last five years, which is much higher than most areas and well above the national figure of 40.7%. This movement has grown significantly, rising 11 percentage points since 2016.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 20.4% of the population, a figure well above both Victoria (15.6%) and Australia (14.5%). This high level of international migration has remained steady since 2011.
20.4% ▲ +1.9%
Higher than 85% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 20.1%
- 2016: 18.1%
- 2021: 20.4%
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 Higgins [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED220/higgins/topic/mobility-location