44.9% ▲ +23.5%
Higher than 75% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 36.4%
- 2016: 41.7%
- 2021: 44.9%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Glen Waverley - West · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in Glen Waverley - West
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Far more people have moved into Glen Waverley - West recently than in most similar areas. Around 45% of residents arrived in the last five years, making it a highly mobile community compared to the rest of the state.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
The proportion of people who moved home in the last five years rose to 44.9% in 2021. This is well above the national figure of 40.7% and the Victorian average of 40.0%.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 20.6% of the population, which is much higher than most other areas. This is well above the national figure of 14.5%, though the share has fallen slightly since 2011.
20.6% ▼ -14.9%
Higher than 84% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 24.3%
- 2016: 23.5%
- 2021: 20.6%
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 Glen Waverley - West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/212051322/glen-waverley-west/topic/mobility-location