43.1% ▲ +2.8%
Higher than 86% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 42.0%
- 2016: 41.8%
- 2021: 43.1%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Ballarat · Council (LGA)
Migration & Movement in Ballarat
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
More people have moved into Ballarat over the last decade, with 43.1% of residents arriving in the five years before the 2021 census. This represents a shift toward a more mobile population, as the proportion of people moving into the area has risen since 2011.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
A high number of people have relocated to Ballarat recently, with 43.1% moving here in the last five years. This is well above the 40% seen across Victoria and higher than most similar areas.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
About 15.3% of the population arrived from overseas recently, which is higher than most areas and roughly the same as the national figure. This is a small drop from 2011, when the figure was 17.4%.
15.3% ▼ -12.4%
Higher than 65% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 17.4%
- 2016: 15.7%
- 2021: 15.3%
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 Ballarat [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA20570/ballarat/topic/mobility-location