33.8% ▲ +4.8%
Lower than 68% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 32.3%
- 2016: 30.4%
- 2021: 33.8%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Ararat · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in Ararat
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
A much higher share of people arrived from overseas in Ararat compared to the rest of the country. While 21.4% of residents are recent arrivals, the area is generally more stable than other regions, with far fewer people moving house recently.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Only 33.8% of residents moved home in the last five years, which is well below the Victorian figure of 40%. This rate is lower than most other areas, though it has risen slightly since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 21.4% of the population, which is well above the national figure of 14.5%. This proportion is much higher than in most similar areas and has remained steady since 2011.
21.4% ▼ -2.8%
Higher than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 22.0%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 21.4%
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 Ararat [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/215011386/ararat/topic/mobility-location