40.1% —
Higher than 55% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 38.7%
- 2021: 40.1%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Thomastown (Northern Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Migration & Movement in Thomastown (Northern Metropolitan)
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Frequent arrivals and departures shape the daily rhythm of Thomastown, where 40.1% of the population moved house in the last five years. This level of movement is about the same as the national figure, reflecting a steady churn of people entering and leaving the area.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 40.1% of residents have moved in the last five years, a figure that is roughly the same as for Victoria and Australia. This represents a slight increase of 1.5 percentage points since 2016.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 14.0% of the population, which is higher than most areas, though it is a little below the Victorian figure of 15.6%. This proportion has fallen 2.1 percentage points since 2016.
14.0% —
Higher than 59% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 16.2%
- 2021: 14.0%
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 Thomastown (Northern Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED28203/thomastown/topic/mobility-location