40.0% ▲ +20.9%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.1%
- 2016: 38.4%
- 2021: 40.0%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Weston · Suburb / Locality
Migration & Movement in Weston
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
A steady flow of new residents defines Weston, where 40% of the population has moved into the area within the last five years. This level of movement is much higher than in most other similar areas, though it remains lower than the wider ACT average.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Around 40% of residents have changed homes in the last five years, which is about the same as the national figure but well below the ACT average of 46.1%.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 12.9% of the population, a figure that is higher than most similar areas despite being a little below the national average.
12.9% ▲ +25.5%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.2%
- 2016: 20.6%
- 2021: 12.9%
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 Weston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80133/weston/topic/mobility-location