43.8% —
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Geelong · Urban Centre
Migration & Movement in Geelong
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Nearly 44% of people in Geelong have moved house in the last five years. This high churn makes it a very mobile area, with both local movers and new arrivals from overseas contributing to the growth.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Moving is common here, as 43.8% of residents arrived in the last five years. This is well above the 40.7% national figure and the 40% seen across Victoria.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Overseas arrivals also play a big role, with 17.4% of the population arriving from abroad recently. This is a little above both the state (15.6%) and national (14.5%) figures.
17.4% —
Higher than 85% of urban centre areas.
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 Geelong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL203003/geelong/topic/mobility-location