25.5% ▼ -2.6%
Lower than 87% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 26.2%
- 2016: 24.7%
- 2021: 25.5%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
West Wimmera · Council (LGA)
Migration & Movement in West Wimmera
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Far fewer people have moved into West Wimmera recently compared to the rest of the country. Only 25.5% of residents arrived in the last five years, though the area has seen a notable rise in people arriving from overseas.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Just 25.5% of the population moved home in the last five years, a figure that is far below the Victorian and national averages of around 40%. This low rate of movement has barely changed since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 16.0% of the population, which is higher than most areas. This figure has risen by 5.8 percentage points since 2011 and is now slightly above the national average.
16.0% ▲ +57.4%
Higher than 69% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 10.2%
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 16.0%
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 West Wimmera [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA26890/west-wimmera/topic/mobility-location