52.3% ▲ +5.9%
Higher than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 49.4%
- 2016: 48.2%
- 2021: 52.3%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Fitzroy · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in Fitzroy
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
More than half of Fitzroy residents have moved home in the last five years, making it a highly transient place to live. This constant churn of people is reflected in the high number of new arrivals from both within Australia and from overseas.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
A huge 52.3% of people moved here in the last five years, which is far above the 40.7% national figure. This proportion has risen since 2011 and is much higher than most other areas.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Overseas arrivals make up 19.4% of the population, which is well above the Victorian figure of 15.6%. While this remains much higher than most areas, the share of recent arrivals fell slightly since 2011.
19.4% ▼ -12.6%
Higher than 81% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 22.2%
- 2016: 23.9%
- 2021: 19.4%
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 Fitzroy [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/206071142/fitzroy/topic/mobility-location