39.8% ▼ -4.5%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 41.7%
- 2016: 42.6%
- 2021: 39.8%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Highton · Suburb / Locality
Migration & Movement in Highton
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
A high turnover of residents means Highton is a place where many people are new to the area. Nearly 40% of the population has moved home in the last five years, contributing to a dynamic community where new faces are common.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 39.8% of residents have moved house in the last five years. This is much higher than most similar areas, though it is about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Overseas arrivals are common here, with 17.3% of people arriving from another country recently. This is much higher than most similar areas and sits a little above the national figure of 14.5%.
17.3% ▼ -13.3%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.0%
- 2016: 20.1%
- 2021: 17.3%
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 Highton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21187/highton/topic/mobility-location