46.2% ▲ +26.5%
Higher than 77% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 36.5%
- 2016: 44.0%
- 2021: 46.2%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Clayton South · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in Clayton South
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Almost half of all residents in Clayton South have changed their address since 2011, making it a highly mobile area. The suburb has seen a significant rise in people moving in over the last five years, while about a quarter of the population are recent arrivals from overseas.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Nearly 46.2% of people moved home in the last five years, a figure that is well above the national average of 40.7%. This proportion has risen by 9.7 percentage points since 2011, showing a much higher rate of movement than most other areas.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 24.8% of the population, which is far above the Australian figure of 14.5%. While this remains much higher than most areas, the proportion of new arrivals fell slightly by 2.9 percentage points since 2011.
24.8% ▼ -10.4%
Higher than 89% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 27.7%
- 2016: 27.4%
- 2021: 24.8%
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 Clayton South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/212041310/clayton-south/topic/mobility-location