41.5% ▲ +7.4%
Higher than 64% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 38.6%
- 2016: 42.9%
- 2021: 41.5%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Sunshine · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in Sunshine
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Nearly a quarter of people in Sunshine arrived from overseas recently, making it a significant hub for new arrivals. This high level of international migration is a defining feature of the area, though the proportion of recent arrivals has fallen since 2011.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
More people have moved here in the last five years than in most other areas, with 41.5% changing homes. This figure is a little above the Victorian average of 40.0% and has risen since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 23.0% of the population, which is well above the national figure of 14.5%. While this remains much higher than most areas, it fell by 11 points since the 2011 census.
23.0% ▼ -32.9%
Higher than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 34.2%
- 2016: 33.0%
- 2021: 23.0%
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 Sunshine [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/213011336/sunshine/topic/mobility-location