34.1% ▲ +13.1%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.1%
- 2016: 32.8%
- 2021: 34.1%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Watsonia · Suburb / Locality
Migration & Movement in Watsonia
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
More people have moved into Watsonia from overseas than in most similar areas, with 12.7% of residents arriving from abroad. While it is a welcoming spot for new arrivals, it has a more stable population than the national average.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 34.1% of people moved house in the last five years. This is higher than in most similar areas, but well below the figures for Victoria and Australia.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 12.7% of the population. This is higher than most similar areas, although a little below the state and national figures.
12.7% ▼ -19.8%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.8%
- 2016: 13.8%
- 2021: 12.7%
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 Watsonia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22721/watsonia/topic/mobility-location