38.4% ▼ -21.4%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 48.8%
- 2016: 34.7%
- 2021: 38.4%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Surf Beach · Suburb / Locality
Migration & Movement in Surf Beach
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Nearly 4 in 10 people have moved into Surf Beach in the last five years. This high turnover means the area is much more mobile than most similar places, though it remains slightly below the state and national figures.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 38.4% of residents changed homes recently. While this is much higher than most similar areas, it is a little below the Victorian rate of 40% and the Australian figure of 40.7%.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Overseas arrivals make up 5.6% of the population, which is around the middle for similar areas. This is well below the national figure of 14.5% and far below the 15.6% seen across Victoria.
5.6% ▲ +13.1%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 5.6%
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 Surf Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22398/surf-beach/topic/mobility-location