41.7% ▲ +6.9%
Higher than 66% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 39.0%
- 2016: 39.9%
- 2021: 41.7%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Bendigo · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in Bendigo
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
A much higher share of people have recently arrived from overseas in Bendigo compared to the rest of the country. This trend helps drive a mobile population, with 41.7% of residents having moved house in the last five years.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
More people have moved here recently than in most other similar areas. The 41.7% who changed homes in the last five years is a little above the national figure of 40.7%, and this number has risen since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 24.9% of the population, which is far above the Australian figure of 14.5%. While this is much higher than most areas, the proportion has fallen by 4.6 percentage points since 2011.
24.9% ▼ -15.6%
Higher than 89% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 29.6%
- 2016: 24.0%
- 2021: 24.9%
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 Bendigo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/202011018/bendigo/topic/mobility-location