42.4% ▲ +12.3%
Higher than 69% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 37.8%
- 2016: 39.2%
- 2021: 42.4%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Geelong · Region (SA4)
Migration & Movement in Geelong
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
More people have moved into Geelong recently than is typical for most of the country. About 42.4% of residents arrived in the last five years, which is a little above the national figure. This suggests a growing population as more people settle in the region.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
The proportion of people who moved house in the last five years rose to 42.4% in 2021, up from 37.8% in 2011. This is higher than most areas and sits slightly above the Victorian average of 40.0%.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 13.4% of the population, a figure that has barely changed since 2011. This is a little below both the Victorian rate of 15.6% and the national average of 14.5%.
13.4% ▲ +0.5%
Lower than 53% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 13.8%
- 2021: 13.4%
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 Geelong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa4/203/geelong/topic/mobility-location