32.9% ▼ -0.6%
Lower than 91% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 33.1%
- 2016: 31.6%
- 2021: 32.9%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
North West · Region (SA4)
Migration & Movement in North West
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Nearly one in four people in North West arrived from overseas recently, a figure far above the national average. While the area attracts many new international residents, people who move between Australian homes do so much less often than in other parts of the country.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Only 32.9% of residents moved house in the last five years, which is well below the Victorian figure of 40%. This level of movement has barely changed since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 24.5% of the population, a figure far above the 14.5% national average. This proportion has risen by 3.8 percentage points since 2011.
24.5% ▲ +18.6%
Higher than 87% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 20.6%
- 2016: 17.5%
- 2021: 24.5%
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 North West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa4/215/north-west/topic/mobility-location