50.0% ▲ +3.4%
Higher than 94% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 48.3%
- 2016: 39.7%
- 2021: 50.0%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Cowes · Urban Centre
Migration & Movement in Cowes
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Half of the people living in Cowes have moved house in the last five years. This is well above the national figure and represents one of the highest rates of movement among similar areas. While the town sees high internal turnover, it attracts fewer new arrivals from overseas.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 50% of residents moved to Cowes within the last five years, which is well above the 40% seen across Victoria. This rate of movement has risen slightly since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 7.7% of the population, which is higher than most similar areas. However, this is well below the national figure of 14.5% and has fallen slightly since 2011.
7.7% ▼ -9.5%
Higher than 63% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 8.5%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 7.7%
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 Cowes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL214006/cowes/topic/mobility-location