40.1% ▲ +13.4%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.3%
- 2016: 38.3%
- 2021: 40.1%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Oakleigh · Suburb / Locality
Migration & Movement in Oakleigh
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
A strong stream of new residents defines Oakleigh, where 17.2% of people arrived from overseas recently. This high level of recent migration makes the area stand out compared to most other similar places.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 40.1% of residents moved here 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.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 17.2% of the population, which is much higher than in most similar areas. This is a little above both the Victorian figure of 15.6% and the national figure of 14.5%.
17.2% ▼ -35.8%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.7%
- 2016: 24.0%
- 2021: 17.2%
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 Oakleigh [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22000/oakleigh/topic/mobility-location