33.9% ▲ +7.5%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.5%
- 2016: 25.4%
- 2021: 33.9%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Nyah West · Suburb / Locality
Migration & Movement in Nyah West
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
A significant shift in residency patterns has shaped Nyah West, where 16.4% of the population arrived from overseas recently. This influx of new residents is a standout feature for the area, making it much more diverse in its arrivals than most similar places.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Around 33.9% of people moved here in the last five years, which is higher than most similar areas. However, this figure is still well below the 40% seen across Victoria and Australia.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 16.4% of the population, a figure that is much higher than in most similar areas. This is slightly above the national average of 14.5% and about the same as the Victorian figure.
16.4% ▼ -26.4%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.2%
- 2016: 14.9%
- 2021: 16.4%
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 Nyah West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21993/nyah-west/topic/mobility-location