41.5% ▲ +11.9%
Higher than 65% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 37.1%
- 2016: 38.5%
- 2021: 41.5%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Geelong · Sub-region (SA3)
Migration & Movement in Geelong
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
More people have recently moved to Geelong than in most similar areas, with 41.5% of residents arriving in the last five years. This trend of growth is seen both in people moving from other regions and those arriving from abroad.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Moving house is common here, as 41.5% of people shifted into the area in the last five years. This is a little above the Victorian figure of 40.0% and has risen by 4.4 percentage points since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Overseas arrivals make up 15.7% of the population, which is higher than most similar areas. This figure is a little above the Australian average of 14.5% and has climbed slightly since 2011.
15.7% ▲ +8.6%
Higher than 66% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 14.5%
- 2016: 15.9%
- 2021: 15.7%
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 Geelong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/20302/geelong/topic/mobility-location