26.6% ▼ -2.5%
Lower than 92% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 27.2%
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 26.6%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Swan Hill Surrounds · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in Swan Hill Surrounds
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
More than a third of people in Swan Hill Surrounds have arrived from overseas recently. This high level of international migration stands in contrast to the local trend of people staying put, as the area sees far fewer internal movers than the rest of the state.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Only 26.6% of residents moved house in the last five years, a figure that is far below the Victorian average of 40%. This low rate of movement has barely changed since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
International arrivals make up 36.8% of the population, which is far above the national figure of 14.5%. This proportion has risen by 14 percentage points since 2011, placing the area among the highest for recent overseas arrivals.
36.8% ▲ +63.8%
Higher than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 22.5%
- 2016: 16.4%
- 2021: 36.8%
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 Swan Hill Surrounds [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/215031405/swan-hill-surrounds/topic/mobility-location