34.5% ▲ +23.2%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.0%
- 2016: 37.3%
- 2021: 34.5%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Essendon West · Suburb / Locality
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Fewer people have moved into Essendon West recently compared to the broader trends seen across the state. Only 34.5% of residents have changed homes in the last five years, which is well below the national figure.
People who moved in the last five years.
While 34.5% of residents moved in the last five years—a rate higher than most similar areas—this is still well below the 40.7% seen across Australia.
34.5% ▲ +23.2%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 7.7% of the population, which is around the middle for similar areas but well below the Victorian rate of 15.6%.
7.7% ▼ -36.1%
Higher than 55% 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 Essendon West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20888/essendon-west/topic/mobility-location