37.7% ▲ +9.3%
Higher than 63% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 34.5%
- 2016: 33.4%
- 2021: 37.7%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Ararat · Urban Centre
Migration & Movement in Ararat
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
More people have moved to Ararat recently than in most similar areas, with a particularly high number of new arrivals from overseas. While 37.7% of residents moved here in the last five years, the area stands out for its high level of overseas migration.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 37.7% of people moved to Ararat in the last five years, which is higher than most similar areas. This figure is a little below the national average of 40.7% and has risen slightly since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 27.1% of the population, placing Ararat among the highest for this metric at its level. This is far above the Victorian figure of 15.6% and the national average of 14.5%.
27.1% ▲ +7.9%
Higher than 92% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.1%
- 2016: 15.2%
- 2021: 27.1%
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 Ararat [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL214001/ararat/topic/mobility-location