47.2% ▲ +5.9%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 44.6%
- 2016: 42.1%
- 2021: 47.2%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Geelong West · Suburb / Locality
Migration & Movement in Geelong West
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Far more people have moved into Geelong West recently than in most similar areas. Nearly half of all residents have changed their address in the last five years, reflecting a highly mobile population. This shift is driven by both local movement and a significant number of new arrivals from overseas.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 47.2% of people here moved house in the last five years. This is well above the 40.7% national figure and the 40% seen across Victoria.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Overseas arrivals make up 20.8% of the population, which is much higher than most areas. This is well above the figures for both Victoria (15.6%) and Australia (14.5%).
20.8% ▼ -19.1%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.7%
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 20.8%
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 Geelong West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20974/geelong-west/topic/mobility-location