40.4% ▲ +10.8%
Higher than 61% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 36.4%
- 2016: 41.3%
- 2021: 40.4%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Alphington - Fairfield · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in Alphington - Fairfield
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Fewer than 9% of people in Alphington - Fairfield have arrived from overseas recently, which is well below the national figure. While the area has seen a drop in new arrivals from abroad, it remains a place where people frequently change their address.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Around 40.4% of residents moved home in the last five years, a rate that is higher than most similar areas. This figure has risen by 3.9 percentage points since 2011 and is now about the same as the Victorian and national averages.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Only 8.5% of the population are recent overseas arrivals, which is well below the figures for Victoria and Australia. This proportion has fallen sharply since 2011, when it stood at 17.8%.
8.5% ▼ -51.9%
Lower than 63% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 17.8%
- 2016: 18.1%
- 2021: 8.5%
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 Alphington - Fairfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/206021110/alphington-fairfield/topic/mobility-location