34.1% ▼ -10.5%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.1%
- 2016: 34.1%
- 2021: 34.1%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Alexandra · Suburb / Locality
Migration & Movement in Alexandra
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Fewer people have moved into Alexandra over the last five years compared to the usual patterns seen across the country. While about 34.1% of residents are new to the area, this is well below the national figure of 40.7%. The town sees modest levels of overseas migration and steady internal movement.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 34.1% of people here moved house in the last five years. This is higher than most similar areas, though it remains well below the 40.0% seen across Victoria.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 6.8% of the population. This is around the middle for its level, but well below the Australian figure of 14.5%.
6.8% ▼ -22.2%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.7%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 6.8%
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 Alexandra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20022/alexandra/topic/mobility-location