65.4% ▲ +8.5%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.3%
- 2016: 69.8%
- 2021: 65.4%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Clayton · Suburb / Locality
Migration & Movement in Clayton
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Clayton ranks among the most mobile areas in the region, with a huge proportion of residents having moved recently. Almost half of all people here arrived from overseas in the last five years, making it a significant hub for new arrivals to Australia.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Moving is very common here, with 65.4% of people arriving in the last five years. This is far above the 40.7% national figure and the 40% seen across Victoria.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
The area is a major destination for migrants, as 45.3% of residents arrived from overseas recently. This is far above the figures for Victoria (15.6%) and Australia (14.5%).
45.3% ▼ -13.5%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 52.4%
- 2016: 54.7%
- 2021: 45.3%
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 Clayton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20569/clayton/topic/mobility-location