37.1% ▲ +11.6%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.2%
- 2016: 41.5%
- 2021: 37.1%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Wemen · Suburb / Locality
Migration & Movement in Wemen
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Half of all residents in Wemen have arrived from overseas recently, making it one of the most internationally diverse areas for its size. This high level of recent migration stands in contrast to a lower tendency for people to move between Australian homes.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 37.1% of people moved house in the last five years. This is higher than most similar areas, though it is a little below the Victoria figure of 40.0% and well below the national average of 40.7%.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 50.0% of the population. This is among the highest rates for this level, sitting far above the 15.6% seen in Victoria and the 14.5% recorded across Australia.
50.0% ▲ +50.0%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.3%
- 2016: 65.2%
- 2021: 50.0%
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 Wemen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22744/wemen/topic/mobility-location