33.8% —
Lower than 80% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 30.7%
- 2021: 33.8%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Polwarth (Western Victoria) · State Electorate
Migration & Movement in Polwarth (Western Victoria)
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Far fewer people have moved into Polwarth recently compared to the rest of the state. Only 33.8% of residents changed homes in the last five years, which is well below the Victorian average. This suggests a very stable population where most people stay put for long periods.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About a third of residents moved here in the last five years, a figure that is much lower than most other areas. While this is well below the national rate of 40.7%, the proportion of movers has risen slightly since 2016.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 13.0% of the population, which is around the middle for similar areas. This is a little below the Victorian figure of 15.6%, though the number of new arrivals from overseas has grown since 2016.
13.0% —
Higher than 54% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 13.0%
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 Polwarth (Western Victoria) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED26708/polwarth/topic/mobility-location