49.0% ▲ +13.4%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 43.2%
- 2016: 47.1%
- 2021: 49.0%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Brunswick West · Suburb / Locality
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Nearly half of all residents in Brunswick West have moved house recently, reflecting a significant shift in the local population since 2011. This high turnover is driven by both local movers and a strong flow of people arriving from overseas.
People who moved in the last five years.
About 49% of people moved here in the last five years, a figure well above the 40.7% national average and among the highest for similar areas.
49.0% ▲ +13.4%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Overseas arrivals make up 19.7% of the population, which is much higher than most areas and well above the Victorian figure of 15.6%.
19.7% ▼ -27.2%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of overseas-born residents who arrived in Australia in the five years before the census.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Migration & Movement in Brunswick West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20363/brunswick-west/topic/mobility-location