35.3% ▲ +2.5%
Lower than 82% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 34.4%
- 2016: 32.8%
- 2021: 35.3%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Castlemaine · Urban Area
Migration & Movement in Castlemaine
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Fewer people are moving into or arriving from abroad in Castlemaine compared to other parts of the country. Only 35.3% of residents have changed homes in the last five years, suggesting a stable population where many people stay put for the long term.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
The number of people who moved house in the last five years is much lower than most areas, sitting at 35.3%. This is well below the figures for Victoria and Australia, though the rate has risen slightly since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up just 4.8% of the population, which is among the lowest levels for similar areas. This is far below the Victorian average and has fallen by 13 percentage points since 2011.
4.8% ▼ -72.8%
Lower than 98% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 17.8%
- 2016: 16.4%
- 2021: 4.8%
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 Castlemaine [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/2005/castlemaine/topic/mobility-location