46.2% ▲ +26.5%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.5%
- 2016: 44.0%
- 2021: 46.2%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Clayton South · Suburb / Locality
Migration & Movement in Clayton South
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Nearly half of all residents in Clayton South have moved house recently, making it one of the most mobile areas in the region. This high turnover is driven by a huge number of new arrivals from overseas, with 24.8% of the population arriving from another country in the last five years.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
A striking 46.2% of people here have moved in the last five years, which is much higher than most similar areas. This is well above the 40% seen across Victoria and the 40.7% national figure.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
The area sees a very high intake of new residents, as 24.8% of people are recent overseas arrivals. This is far above the Australian average of 14.5% and well above the Victorian figure of 15.6%.
24.8% ▼ -10.3%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.7%
- 2016: 27.4%
- 2021: 24.8%
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 South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20570/clayton-south/topic/mobility-location