51.2% ▲ +10.0%
Higher than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 46.5%
- 2016: 47.9%
- 2021: 51.2%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Armadale · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in Armadale
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
More people move in and out of Armadale than in most other similar areas. Over half of the residents have changed their home in the last five years, reflecting a highly mobile population. This trend is far above both the state and national figures.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 51.2% of people moved house in the last five years, a figure that is far above the Victorian average of 40%. This tendency to move has risen by 4.6 percentage points since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 18.5% of the population, which is well above the national figure of 14.5%. However, the proportion of new overseas arrivals fell by 4 percentage points since 2011.
18.5% ▼ -17.7%
Higher than 79% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 22.5%
- 2016: 23.7%
- 2021: 18.5%
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 Armadale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/206061135/armadale/topic/mobility-location