32.9% —
Lower than 85% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 39.3%
- 2021: 32.9%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Swan Hills (East Metropolitan) · State Electorate
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Far fewer people move into or arrive from overseas in Swan Hills than in most other parts of the country. Only 32.9% of residents moved home in the last five years, which is well below the national figure. This makes it a very stable area where people tend to stay put.
People who moved in the last five years.
Only 32.9% of people moved house in the last five years, which is much lower than most areas. This figure is well below both the state and national rates and has fallen 6.4 percentage points since 2016.
32.9% —
Lower than 85% 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 just 5.2% of the population, among the lowest for similar areas. This is well below the national figure of 14.5% and has dropped by 4.5 percentage points since 2016.
5.2% —
Lower than 95% 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 Swan Hills (East Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED55102/swan-hills/topic/mobility-location