34.9% ▲ +23.6%
Higher than 56% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 28.3%
- 2016: 34.6%
- 2021: 34.9%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
3047, VIC · Postcode
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Over one in five residents in postcode 3047 arrived from overseas recently, a figure well above the national average. This makes the area much more welcoming to new arrivals than most other places, even though fewer people have moved house recently compared to the rest of the state.
People who moved in the last five years.
About 34.9% of people moved home in the last five years, which is well below the Australian figure of 40.7%. This rate has risen by 6.7 percentage points since 2011.
34.9% ▲ +23.6%
Higher than 56% of postcode areas.
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 20.8% of the population, which is much higher than most areas and well above the 14.5% national figure. This proportion has fallen slightly by 2.0 percentage points since 2011.
20.8% ▼ -8.7%
Higher than 87% of postcode areas.
Share of overseas-born residents who arrived in Australia in the five years before the census.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Migration & Movement in 3047, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3047/3047-vic/topic/mobility-location