29.1% ▲ +20.3%
Lower than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 24.2%
- 2016: 29.4%
- 2021: 29.1%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Wheelers Hill · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in Wheelers Hill
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Far fewer people have moved into Wheelers Hill recently compared to the rest of the country. Only 29.1% of residents moved home in the last five years, which is well below the national figure of 40.7%. This suggests a very stable population where most people stay in their homes for a long time.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Only 29.1% of residents moved house in the last five years, a figure far below the Victorian average of 40%. While this is much lower than most areas, the proportion of people moving has risen by 4.9 percentage points since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 8.7% of the population, which is well below the 15.6% seen across Victoria. This figure is also lower than most other areas and has fallen slightly since 2011.
8.7% ▼ -10.5%
Lower than 62% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 8.7%
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 Wheelers Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/212051327/wheelers-hill/topic/mobility-location