30.1% ▲ +3.3%
Lower than 83% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 29.1%
- 2016: 31.4%
- 2021: 30.1%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Flinders · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in Flinders
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Only 30.1% of people in Flinders have changed their home in the last five years. This is a very stable community where far fewer people move in or out compared to the rest of Victoria and Australia. Very few new residents arrive from overseas, contributing to this sense of long-term residency.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Far fewer people have moved here recently than in most other areas, with the 30.1% figure sitting well below the Victorian average of 40.0%. This level of movement has barely changed since 2011, when it was 29.1%.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up just 3.5% of the population, which is among the lowest for similar areas. This is far below the national figure of 14.5% and has fallen since 2011.
3.5% ▼ -45.2%
Lower than 94% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 6.4%
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 3.5%
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 Flinders [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/214021378/flinders/topic/mobility-location