39.9% ▲ +4.6%
Higher than 57% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 38.1%
- 2016: 35.9%
- 2021: 39.9%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Gippsland - South West · Sub-region (SA3)
Migration & Movement in Gippsland - South West
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Around the middle of similar areas for movement, Gippsland - South West sees a typical mix of residents shifting homes. While internal migration is steady, the area has seen a notable drop in people arriving from overseas.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 39.9% of people here moved house in the last five years, which is about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia. This represents a small increase of 1.8 percentage points since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Only 5.1% of residents are recent arrivals from overseas, which is far below the Victorian figure of 15.6%. This is among the lowest rates for similar areas and has fallen by 3.2 percentage points since 2011.
5.1% ▼ -38.8%
Lower than 93% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 8.3%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 5.1%
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 Gippsland - South West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/20503/gippsland-south-west/topic/mobility-location