45.3% ▲ +3.2%
Higher than 75% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 43.9%
- 2016: 42.3%
- 2021: 45.3%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Phillip Island · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in Phillip Island
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
A changing population defines daily life on Phillip Island, where nearly half of all residents have moved into the area recently. This high level of movement is seen in 45.3% of people who arrived within the last five years, making it a much more mobile community than most other areas.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
The proportion of people moving here has risen slightly since 2011, with 45.3% arriving in the last five years. This figure is well above the national average of 40.7% and the Victorian figure of 40.0%.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Overseas arrivals are much less common here, falling to 6.6% since 2011. This is well below the 15.6% seen across Victoria and the 14.5% recorded for Australia.
6.6% ▼ -28.2%
Lower than 75% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 6.6%
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 Phillip Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/205031091/phillip-island/topic/mobility-location