39.3% ▼ -3.9%
Higher than 56% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 40.9%
- 2016: 37.5%
- 2021: 39.3%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Bairnsdale · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in Bairnsdale
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Roughly 40% of Bairnsdale residents have changed homes in the last five years. This level of movement is about the same as across Victoria and slightly lower than the national figure. While most people move within Australia, there has been a steady increase in those arriving from overseas.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 39.3% of people moved house in the five years before the 2021 census. This is a little below the national figure and is down 1.6 percentage points since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 12.4% of the population, a figure that has risen 2.1 percentage points since 2011. This is well below the Victorian average and a little below the national rate.
12.4% ▲ +20.7%
Higher than 58% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 10.2%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 12.4%
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 Bairnsdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/205021081/bairnsdale/topic/mobility-location