31.5% —
Lower than 89% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 29.6%
- 2021: 31.5%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Lowan (Western Victoria) · State Electorate
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Far fewer people have moved into Lowan (Western Victoria) recently than in most other similar areas. Only 31.5% of residents changed homes in the last five years, which is well below the national figure of 40.7%. This suggests a very stable population where people tend to stay put.
People who moved in the last five years.
Only 31.5% of people moved in the last five years, a figure well below the 40% seen across Victoria. This rate is much lower than most other areas, though it did rise slightly from 29.6% in 2016.
31.5% —
Lower than 89% of state electorate areas.
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
About 13.7% of residents arrived from overseas recently, which is about the same as the own national figure of 14.5%. This represents a small increase from 12.9% five years ago.
13.7% —
Higher than 57% of state electorate areas.
Share of overseas-born residents who arrived in Australia in the five years before the census.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Migration & Movement in Lowan (Western Victoria) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED24408/lowan/topic/mobility-location