34.2% ▼ -4.9%
Lower than 66% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 36.0%
- 2016: 32.1%
- 2021: 34.2%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Alexandra · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in Alexandra
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Just 34.2% of people in Alexandra moved house in the last five years, which is well below the national figure. This indicates a very stable population where residents tend to stay in the same home for long periods.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
The proportion of people moving recently is lower than in most other areas, falling 1.8 points since 2011. This 34.2% is well below the 40.7% seen across Australia.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 7.8% of the population, a figure that has barely changed since 2011. This is well below both the Victorian figure of 15.6% and the national average of 14.5%.
7.8% ▲ +10.4%
Lower than 67% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 7.1%
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 7.8%
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 Alexandra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/204011054/alexandra/topic/mobility-location