62.9% ▲ +35.1%
Higher than 94% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 46.5%
- 2016: 64.1%
- 2021: 62.9%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Abbotsford · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in Abbotsford
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Nearly 63% of people in Abbotsford have moved house in the last five years, making it one of the most mobile areas in the region. This high turnover is matched by a strong flow of people arriving from overseas, with many residents settling here for the first time.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Residential turnover is far above the national figure, with 62.9% of people moving in the last five years. This rate has risen by 16 percentage points since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 23.5% of the population, which is well above the 14.5% seen across Australia. This proportion has grown by 5.3 percentage points over the last decade.
23.5% ▲ +29.2%
Higher than 88% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 18.2%
- 2016: 33.9%
- 2021: 23.5%
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 Abbotsford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/206071139/abbotsford/topic/mobility-location