37.0% ▲ +3.1%
Lower than 54% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 35.9%
- 2016: 35.4%
- 2021: 37.0%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Wangaratta · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in Wangaratta
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
New faces and changing addresses shape the daily life of Wangaratta, where overseas arrivals have become more common. About 14.3% of the population moved here from another country recently, contributing to a diversifying local community.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Around 37% of people in Wangaratta moved house in the last five years, which is a little higher than in 2011. This is well below the typical figures for both Victoria and Australia.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 14.3% of the population, a figure that is higher than most similar areas. This is about the same as the national average and has risen by 2.5 percentage points since 2011.
14.3% ▲ +20.9%
Higher than 66% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 14.3%
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 Wangaratta [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/204021066/wangaratta/topic/mobility-location