38.6% ▲ +16.0%
Higher than 68% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 33.3%
- 2016: 38.7%
- 2021: 38.6%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Whitehorse · Council (LGA)
Migration & Movement in Whitehorse
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Nearly one in five people in Whitehorse have arrived from overseas recently, a figure well above the national average. This makes the area a significant hub for new arrivals, even though the proportion of recent migrants has fallen since 2011.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 38.6% of residents moved home in the last five years, which is higher than most areas. This figure is a little below the state and national rates, but has risen by 5.3 percentage points since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 18.4% of the population, which is much higher than most similar areas. This is well above the Australian figure of 14.5%, despite falling from 23.6% in 2011.
18.4% ▼ -22.0%
Higher than 76% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 23.6%
- 2016: 23.9%
- 2021: 18.4%
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 Whitehorse [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA26980/whitehorse/topic/mobility-location