43.4% ▲ +11.4%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 39.0%
- 2016: 43.6%
- 2021: 43.4%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
West Footscray · Suburb / Locality
Migration & Movement in West Footscray
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Nearly 43% of residents have moved into West Footscray in the last five years, making it a highly mobile area. This shift is driven by both local moves and a strong flow of new arrivals from overseas.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
A high 43.4% of people here changed homes in the last five years, which is much higher than most areas and well above the Victorian figure of 40%.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 16.2% of the population. This is much higher than most similar areas and a little above the national figure of 14.5%.
16.2% ▼ -39.0%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.5%
- 2016: 25.2%
- 2021: 16.2%
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 West Footscray [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22756/west-footscray/topic/mobility-location