43.8% ▲ +20.9%
Higher than 72% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 36.2%
- 2016: 39.3%
- 2021: 43.8%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Heidelberg West · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in Heidelberg West
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Nearly 44% of people in Heidelberg West have moved house in the last five years. This makes it a high-turnover area compared to the rest of the country. While many residents are new to the suburb, the proportion of those arriving from overseas has dropped significantly over the last decade.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
More people here have moved home recently than in most other areas. At 43.8%, this figure is well above the national rate of 40.7% and has risen by 7.6 percentage points since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
About 14.8% of the population arrived from overseas recently, which is about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia. This is a sharp drop from 2011, when the proportion of recent arrivals was 24.9%.
14.8% ▼ -40.7%
Higher than 68% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 24.9%
- 2016: 19.6%
- 2021: 14.8%
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 Heidelberg West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/209011199/heidelberg-west/topic/mobility-location