43.2% ▲ +7.7%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 40.1%
- 2016: 43.6%
- 2021: 43.2%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Fairfield · Suburb / Locality
Migration & Movement in Fairfield
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Far more people have moved into Fairfield in the last five years than in most similar areas. Around 43.2% of residents are relatively new to the suburb, which is well above the Victorian figure of 40%.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Recent mobility is high here, with 43.2% of people moving house in the last five years. This is much higher than most areas and sits a little above the national figure of 40.7%.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Overseas arrivals make up 9.7% of the population, which is higher than most areas. However, this is well below the Victorian figure of 15.6% and the Australian average of 14.5%.
9.7% ▼ -49.8%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.3%
- 2016: 19.1%
- 2021: 9.7%
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 Fairfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20901/fairfield/topic/mobility-location