48.1% —
Higher than 86% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 36.2%
- 2021: 48.1%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Lalor · Federal Electorate
Migration & Movement in Lalor
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Nearly half of all residents in Lalor have moved house in the last five years. This high turnover makes it a very mobile area compared to the rest of the country, with a significant number of people also arriving from overseas to settle here.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 48.1% of people moved in the last five years, which is much higher than most areas. This figure has risen by 12 percentage points since 2016 and sits well above the national rate of 40.7%.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 19.8% of the population, which is well above the 14.5% national figure. This proportion has risen slightly since 2011 and is much higher than most similar areas.
19.8% ▲ +8.3%
Higher than 82% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 18.3%
- 2016: 18.7%
- 2021: 19.8%
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 Lalor [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED228/lalor/topic/mobility-location