50.4% ▲ +16.3%
Higher than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 43.3%
- 2016: 52.4%
- 2021: 50.4%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Burwood · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in Burwood
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Half of all residents in Burwood have moved house in the last five years, making it a very mobile area. This high turnover is driven by a mix of internal moves and a large number of people arriving from overseas.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 50.4% of people moved here in the last five years, which is far above the 40% seen across Victoria. This figure has risen 7.1 percentage points since 2011, showing the area is much more transient than most other places.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 29.7% of the population, a figure far above the national average of 14.5%. While this remains among the highest rates for similar areas, it has fallen 12 percentage points since 2011.
29.7% ▼ -28.5%
Higher than 94% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 41.5%
- 2016: 43.3%
- 2021: 29.7%
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 Burwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/207031165/burwood/topic/mobility-location