28.7% —
Lower than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 26.5%
- 2021: 28.7%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Colac Surrounds · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in Colac Surrounds
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Far more people have arrived from overseas in Colac Surrounds recently, with the share of new overseas arrivals jumping from 2.8% in 2016 to 8.4% in 2021. Despite this increase, the area remains very stable, with far fewer people moving house compared to the rest of the state.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Only 28.7% of residents moved home in the last five years, which is far below the Victorian figure of 40%. This rate is much lower than most similar areas, though it has risen slightly since 2016.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 8.4% of the population, a figure that is well below both the state and national averages. This proportion has grown since the last census, rising 5.6 percentage points.
8.4% —
Lower than 64% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 2.8%
- 2021: 8.4%
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 Colac Surrounds [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/217031473/colac-surrounds/topic/mobility-location