41.9% —
Higher than 65% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 38.8%
- 2021: 41.9%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Geelong (Western Victoria) · State Electorate
Migration & Movement in Geelong (Western Victoria)
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
More people have moved into Geelong (Western Victoria) over the last few years, with 41.9% of residents arriving in the past five years. This trend is driven by a strong draw for new arrivals, including a significant number of people moving from overseas.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Roughly 41.9% of people here moved house in the last five years, which is a little above the national figure and higher than most other areas. This proportion rose by 3.1 percentage points since 2016.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 19.6% of the population, a figure that is well above both the state and national averages. This number has risen slightly since 2016.
19.6% —
Higher than 82% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 18.4%
- 2021: 19.6%
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 Geelong (Western Victoria) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED23308/geelong/topic/mobility-location