31.7% ▼ -2.6%
Lower than 76% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 32.6%
- 2016: 32.2%
- 2021: 31.7%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Rutherglen · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in Rutherglen
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Only 31.7% of people in Rutherglen have changed their home in the last five years. This is well below the Victorian and national figures, showing that the local population is very stable. Residents here are far less likely to move house than people in other similar areas.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
The proportion of people who moved in the last five years fell slightly since 2011 to 31.7%. This is much lower than most areas and sits well below the national figure of 40.7%.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Overseas arrivals make up 5.9% of the population, which is well below the 14.5% seen across Australia. This figure has barely changed since 2011 and is much lower than in most similar areas.
5.9% ▼ -7.1%
Lower than 80% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 5.9%
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 Rutherglen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/204021065/rutherglen/topic/mobility-location