37.1% ▼ -8.7%
Higher than 61% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 40.7%
- 2016: 36.9%
- 2021: 37.1%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Gisborne · Urban Centre
Migration & Movement in Gisborne
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
More people have moved into Gisborne recently than in most similar areas, though the town has seen a sharp drop in new arrivals from overseas. While 37.1% of residents moved here in the last five years, the number of recent overseas arrivals has plummeted since 2011.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 37.1% of the community moved house in the last five years, which is higher than most similar areas. This is a little below the Victorian figure of 40% and well below the national average of 40.7%.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 4.7% of the population, a figure that is far below the state (15.6%) and national (14.5%) figures. This represents a steep fall from 24.6% back in 2011.
4.7% ▼ -80.7%
Lower than 51% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.6%
- 2016: 14.8%
- 2021: 4.7%
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 Gisborne [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL213006/gisborne/topic/mobility-location