37.4% ▼ -10.7%
Lower than 71% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 41.9%
- 2016: 37.9%
- 2021: 37.4%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Warrnambool · Urban Area
Migration & Movement in Warrnambool
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
A surge in overseas arrivals defines the recent movement patterns in Warrnambool, where 23.2% of people arrived from another country in the last five years. This proportion is well above the national figure and has climbed significantly since 2011.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Fewer people are moving into Warrnambool compared to other areas, with 37.4% of residents arriving in the last five years. This is a little below the Victorian figure and has fallen since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Overseas migration is much higher here than in most similar areas. At 23.2%, the share of recent arrivals is well above the 14.5% seen across Australia, rising 14 points since 2011.
23.2% ▲ +149.0%
Higher than 88% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 20.5%
- 2021: 23.2%
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 Warrnambool [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/2021/warrnambool/topic/mobility-location