44.3% —
Higher than 73% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 41.1%
- 2021: 44.3%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Preston - East · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in Preston - East
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Nearly 45% of people in Preston - East have moved house in the last five years. This is a very mobile area where people change homes more often than in most other parts of the country.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 44.3% of residents moved in the last five years, a figure that is well above the national average of 40.7%. This trend is growing, as the proportion of people moving rose by 3.3 points since 2016.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 15.2% of the population, which is about the same as the Victorian and national figures. However, this has fallen sharply from 2016, when the share of recent arrivals was 24.5%.
15.2% —
Higher than 70% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 24.5%
- 2021: 15.2%
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 Preston - East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/209021428/preston-east/topic/mobility-location