45.6% ▼ -6.2%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 48.6%
- 2016: 44.6%
- 2021: 45.6%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Ballarat Central · Suburb / Locality
Migration & Movement in Ballarat Central
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
A high turnover of residents defines Ballarat Central, where nearly half of all people have moved in the last five years. This makes the area much more transient than most other places in the region.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Moving is common here, with 45.6% of residents arriving in the last five years. This is well above the Victorian figure of 40.0% and the national average of 40.7%.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
The area's high mobility is partly driven by overseas migration. Recent arrivals from other countries make up 21.3% of the population, which is well above the 14.5% seen across Australia.
21.3% ▼ -22.1%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.3%
- 2016: 20.5%
- 2021: 21.3%
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 Ballarat Central [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20111/ballarat-central/topic/mobility-location