36.1% ▲ +5.6%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.2%
- 2016: 34.6%
- 2021: 36.1%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Williamstown · Suburb / Locality
Migration & Movement in Williamstown
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Fewer people have moved into Williamstown recently compared to the broader region. While 36.1% of residents arrived in the last five years, this is well below the national figure of 40.7%.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 36.1% of people moved here in the last five years. This is higher than most similar areas, though it remains well below the Victorian figure of 40%.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 6.9% of the population. This is around the middle for its level, but well below the 14.5% seen across Australia.
6.9% ▼ -54.7%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.1%
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 6.9%
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 Williamstown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22792/williamstown/topic/mobility-location