43.4% ▲ +20.8%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.9%
- 2016: 39.3%
- 2021: 43.4%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Highett · Suburb / Locality
Migration & Movement in Highett
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
More than four out of ten people in Highett have changed their address recently, making it a high-turnover area for residents. This movement is much higher than in most other similar places, suggesting a dynamic local housing market where people move in and out frequently.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 43.4% of residents moved house in the last five years. This is well above the Victoria figure of 40.0% and a little above the national rate of 40.7%.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 8.3% of the population. This is well below both the Victorian figure of 15.6% and the Australian average of 14.5%.
8.3% ▼ -39.2%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.6%
- 2016: 13.8%
- 2021: 8.3%
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 Highett [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21185/highett/topic/mobility-location