44.5% ▼ -13.0%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 51.1%
- 2016: 47.5%
- 2021: 44.5%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Waurn Ponds · Suburb / Locality
Migration & Movement in Waurn Ponds
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Nearly half of all residents in Waurn Ponds have moved home in the last five years, making it one of the most mobile areas in the region. This high turnover is driven by a massive influx of people from abroad, with overseas arrivals reaching figures far above the national average.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 44.5% of people moved here in the last five years, which is much higher than most areas and well above the 40.7% national figure.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
The area's high mobility is linked to a huge number of new arrivals from overseas. At 30.3%, this is far above the 14.5% seen across Australia and among the highest figures for any similar area.
30.3% ▲ +19.7%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.3%
- 2016: 26.7%
- 2021: 30.3%
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 Waurn Ponds [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22730/waurn-ponds/topic/mobility-location