25.5% ▲ +1.4%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.1%
- 2016: 26.8%
- 2021: 25.5%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
The Basin · Suburb / Locality
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Far fewer people have moved into The Basin recently compared to the rest of the country. Only 25.5% of residents have changed homes in the last five years, which is well below the national figure.
People who moved in the last five years.
Only 25.5% of people here moved in the last five years, a rate far below the 40.0% seen across Victoria and 40.7% for Australia.
25.5% ▲ +1.4%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Overseas arrivals are also uncommon here, with recent arrivals making up just 4.4% of the population. This is far below the Victorian figure of 15.6% and the national average of 14.5%.
4.4% ▼ -25.6%
Lower than 60% 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 The Basin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22496/the-basin/topic/mobility-location