38.7% ▼ -10.2%
Lower than 53% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 43.1%
- 2016: 40.5%
- 2021: 38.7%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Dandenong (South-Eastern Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Migration & Movement in Dandenong (South-Eastern Metropolitan)
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
More people arrive from overseas here than in most other areas, making Dandenong (South-Eastern Metropolitan) a significant hub for new migrants. About 16.6% of residents have arrived from abroad recently. While international arrivals are high, the overall rate of people moving house has dropped since 2011.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Around 38.7% of residents moved home in the last five years, which is a little below the national figure of 40.7%. This is also a drop of 4.4 percentage points compared to 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 16.6% of the population, which is higher than most areas. This figure is a little above the Australian average of 14.5% and has remained steady since 2011.
16.6% ▼ -0.4%
Higher than 71% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 16.7%
- 2016: 24.3%
- 2021: 16.6%
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 Dandenong (South-Eastern Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED22305/dandenong/topic/mobility-location