32.0% —
Lower than 88% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 30.9%
- 2021: 32.0%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Murray Plains (Northern Victoria) · State Electorate
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Far fewer people have moved into Murray Plains recently compared to most similar areas. While 32% of residents arrived in the last five years, the area has seen a notable surge in people moving here from overseas.
People who moved in the last five years.
Only 32% of residents moved into the area in the last five years, which is well below the Victorian figure of 40%. This rate is much lower than most similar areas, though it rose slightly from 30.9% in 2016.
32.0% —
Lower than 88% of state electorate areas.
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 21.7% of the population, a figure well above the national average of 14.5%. This proportion rose 5.5 percentage points since 2016, placing the area much higher than most others.
21.7% —
Higher than 87% 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 Murray Plains (Northern Victoria) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED25704/murray-plains/topic/mobility-location