31.0% ▲ +9.7%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.3%
- 2016: 30.4%
- 2021: 31.0%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Blackburn South · Suburb / Locality
Migration & Movement in Blackburn South
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Far fewer people have moved house recently in Blackburn South compared to the rest of the country, with only 31% changing homes in the last five years. This suggests a more settled population than is typical across Victoria and Australia.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Around 31% of residents moved in the last five years, which is well below the national figure of 40.7% and the state rate of 40%. This level of movement is around the middle for similar areas.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 11.4% of the population, a figure higher than most similar areas. However, this is still well below the 15.6% seen across Victoria.
11.4% ▼ -30.3%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.3%
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 11.4%
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 Blackburn South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20254/blackburn-south/topic/mobility-location