34.0% ▲ +6.5%
Lower than 67% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 31.9%
- 2016: 29.2%
- 2021: 34.0%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Seymour · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in Seymour
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
A much higher share of residents have recently arrived from overseas than in most similar areas, making Seymour a notable hub for new migrants. While 23.6% of people moved here from abroad recently, the local population is generally less likely to change homes than other Australians.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Only 34.0% of people moved home in the last five years, which is well below the Victorian figure of 40.0%. This rate is lower than most other areas, though it has risen slightly since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 23.6% of the population, a figure well above the national average of 14.5%. This proportion has grown by 6.9 percentage points since the 2011 census.
23.6% ▲ +41.5%
Higher than 88% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 16.7%
- 2016: 19.8%
- 2021: 23.6%
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 Seymour [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/204011059/seymour/topic/mobility-location