37.4% ▼ -2.1%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.2%
- 2016: 32.3%
- 2021: 37.4%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Breakwater · Suburb / Locality
Migration & Movement in Breakwater
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Nearly one in five people in Breakwater recently arrived from overseas, a figure well above the national average. While the area is much more welcoming to new international residents than most similar places, it has seen fewer internal moves lately compared to the rest of the country.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 37.4% of residents moved home in the last five years. This is higher than most similar areas, though it remains a little below the Victorian figure and well below the national average.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Overseas arrivals make up 19.0% of the population. This is much higher than most similar areas and sits well above both the state and national figures.
19.0% ▲ +89.9%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 14.8%
- 2021: 19.0%
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 Breakwater [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20326/breakwater/topic/mobility-location