42.9% —
Higher than 70% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 44.1%
- 2021: 42.9%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Footscray (Western Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Migration & Movement in Footscray (Western Metropolitan)
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
More people have moved into Footscray (Western Metropolitan) recently than in most similar areas. About 42.9% of residents arrived here in the last five years, showing a high level of population turnover. This movement is driven by both local shifts and a strong flow of people arriving from overseas.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
A little more than 42.9% of residents moved house in the last five years, which is higher than most areas and slightly above the national figure of 40.7%. This is a small decrease from 2016, when 44.1% of the population had moved.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 16.8% of the population, which is higher than most areas and a little above the Victorian figure of 15.6%. This is a notable drop from 2016, when recent arrivals accounted for 24.3% of residents.
16.8% —
Higher than 71% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 24.3%
- 2021: 16.8%
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 Footscray (Western Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED23007/footscray/topic/mobility-location