36.1% ▲ +5.1%
Lower than 58% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 34.3%
- 2016: 37.2%
- 2021: 36.1%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Mitcham · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in Mitcham
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
More than a third of residents in Mitcham have moved house in the last five years. While this is a common pattern, the area has seen a drop in the number of people arriving from overseas since 2011.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 36.1% of people here changed homes in the last five years, which is well below the figures for Victoria and Australia. This rate has risen slightly since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 12.9% of the population, a figure that is higher than most similar areas but a little below the state and national averages. This has fallen 7.3 percentage points since 2011.
12.9% ▼ -36.1%
Higher than 60% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 20.2%
- 2016: 18.6%
- 2021: 12.9%
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 Mitcham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/211041270/mitcham/topic/mobility-location