47.6% ▲ +53.3%
Higher than 80% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 31.0%
- 2016: 40.7%
- 2021: 47.6%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Doncaster · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in Doncaster
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Nearly half of all residents in Doncaster have changed homes recently, making it a highly mobile area. This high turnover is driven by a significant rise in people moving in over the last decade, alongside a steady flow of new arrivals from overseas.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 47.6% of people moved here in the last five years, which is well above the Victorian figure of 40.0%. This trend has climbed sharply since 2011, when only 31.0% of the population had recently moved.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 16.1% of the population, a figure that is a little above the national average of 14.5%. This proportion has grown slightly since 2011.
16.1% ▲ +8.5%
Higher than 73% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 14.8%
- 2016: 18.6%
- 2021: 16.1%
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 Doncaster [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/207021157/doncaster/topic/mobility-location