37.1% —
Higher than 61% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 47.4%
- 2021: 37.1%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Wangaratta · Urban Centre
Migration & Movement in Wangaratta
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
A surprising number of new faces have arrived in Wangaratta recently, shaping a community that is more mobile than most similar towns. While recent overseas arrivals make up 14.4% of the population, the overall rate of people moving into the area has dropped significantly over the last few years.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 37.1% of residents moved home in the last five years, which is higher than most similar areas. This figure is a little below the Victorian average and well below the national figure, having fallen by 10 points since 2016.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 14.4% of the population, a figure much higher than most similar areas. This is about the same as the national average and has risen slightly since 2016.
14.4% —
Higher than 80% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 14.4%
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 Wangaratta [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL213016/wangaratta/topic/mobility-location