39.4% ▲ +2.0%
Higher than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 38.6%
- 2016: 38.2%
- 2021: 39.4%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Bairnsdale · Urban Centre
Migration & Movement in Bairnsdale
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
More than 13% of Bairnsdale's residents have arrived from overseas recently, a figure that is much higher than most similar areas. This influx of new arrivals contributes to a dynamic population where nearly 40% of people have changed their home in the last five years.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 39.4% of people moved house in the last five years, which is higher than most areas. This figure is about the same as the Victorian average and has barely changed since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
The proportion of recent overseas arrivals rose to 13.2% since 2011. While this is much higher than most similar areas, it remains a little below the national figure of 14.5%.
13.2% ▲ +52.9%
Higher than 77% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 8.6%
- 2016: 7.7%
- 2021: 13.2%
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 Bairnsdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL213001/bairnsdale/topic/mobility-location