30.4% ▲ +20.6%
Lower than 81% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 25.2%
- 2016: 30.3%
- 2021: 30.4%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Thomastown · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in Thomastown
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Far fewer people have moved into Thomastown recently than in other parts of the country, with only 30.4% arriving in the last five years. This makes it a notably stable area where residents tend to stay put for longer. While few are moving in locally, a steady flow of overseas arrivals continues to shape the community.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Only 30.4% of people moved here in the last five years, which is far below the national figure of 40.7%. This is much lower than most similar areas, though the proportion of new arrivals has risen by 5.2 percentage points since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 13.1% of the population, a figure that is higher than in most areas. This has barely changed since 2011 and sits a little below the Victorian average of 15.6%.
13.1% ▼ -4.1%
Higher than 61% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 13.7%
- 2016: 16.4%
- 2021: 13.1%
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 Thomastown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/209041223/thomastown/topic/mobility-location