35.1% ▲ +39.5%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.2%
- 2016: 30.1%
- 2021: 35.1%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Westmeadows · Suburb / Locality
Migration & Movement in Westmeadows
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
A higher share of people have moved into Westmeadows compared to most similar areas, though this is still well below the state and national figures. This shift is seen in both local moves and the 12.3% of residents who have arrived from overseas recently.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 35.1% of people moved home in the last five years, which is higher than most similar areas but well below the 40% seen across Victoria.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 12.3% of the population. While this is higher than in most similar areas, it remains a little below the Australian figure of 14.5%.
12.3% ▲ +99.0%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.2%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 12.3%
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 Westmeadows [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22761/westmeadows/topic/mobility-location