30.9% ▼ -6.7%
Lower than 79% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 33.2%
- 2016: 30.1%
- 2021: 30.9%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Stawell · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in Stawell
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
A growing number of overseas arrivals has shifted the movement patterns in Stawell since 2011. While fewer people are moving into the area from within Australia, nearly a quarter of the population now arrived from overseas recently. This shift makes the town much more international than most similar places.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Only 30.9% of residents moved home in the last five years, which is well below the Victorian figure of 40.0%. This rate has also fallen since 2011, meaning Stawell is much less mobile than most other areas.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 23.6% of the population, a figure that rose 7.5 percentage points since 2011. This is well above the national figure of 14.5%.
23.6% ▲ +46.4%
Higher than 88% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 16.1%
- 2016: 18.5%
- 2021: 23.6%
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 Stawell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/215011392/stawell/topic/mobility-location