24.8% ▼ -2.4%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.4%
- 2016: 23.7%
- 2021: 24.8%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Neerim · Suburb / Locality
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
A high number of overseas arrivals has shaped the local mix in Neerim, though most residents tend to stay put. While 17.1% of people arrived from another country recently, the area overall sees far fewer people moving house than other parts of the state.
People who moved in the last five years.
Only 24.8% of residents moved house in the last five years. This is far below the Victorian figure of 40.0% and the national figure of 40.7%, meaning people here are much more likely to stay in their homes than those in most other areas.
24.8% ▼ -2.4%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 17.1% of the population, which is much higher than in most similar areas. This is a little above the 15.6% seen across Victoria and the 14.5% national average.
17.1% ▲ +231.4%
Higher than 83% 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 Neerim [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21907/neerim/topic/mobility-location