42.2% ▲ +7.9%
Higher than 67% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 39.1%
- 2016: 36.7%
- 2021: 42.2%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Mansfield · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in Mansfield
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
More people have moved into Mansfield since 2011, though the share of new arrivals from overseas has fallen. Over 40% of residents arrived in the last five years, making the area more mobile than most other regions. This trend shows a growing number of people choosing to call the town home.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 42.2% of residents moved here in the last five years, which is higher than most areas. This figure is a little above the same rate for Victoria (40%) and Australia (40.7%), and it has risen 3.1 percentage points since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 10.5% of the population, which is well below the state figure of 15.6% and the national rate of 14.5%. This proportion has fallen 1.8 percentage points since 2011.
10.5% ▼ -14.4%
Lower than 52% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 10.5%
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 Mansfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/204011057/mansfield/topic/mobility-location