36.1% ▲ +22.2%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.6%
- 2016: 35.8%
- 2021: 36.1%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Broadmeadows · Suburb / Locality
Migration & Movement in Broadmeadows
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Nearly a quarter of people in Broadmeadows have arrived from overseas recently, making it one of the most welcoming areas for new arrivals. This high level of recent migration defines the local population, even though fewer people have moved house locally compared to the rest of the state.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 36.1% of residents moved home in the last five years. This is higher than most similar areas, but remains well below the Victorian figure of 40.0% and the national figure of 40.7%.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 23.4% of the population, which is among the highest for this level of area. This is well above the 15.6% seen in Victoria and 14.5% across Australia.
23.4% ▼ -5.9%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.9%
- 2016: 27.1%
- 2021: 23.4%
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 Broadmeadows [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20346/broadmeadows/topic/mobility-location