29.8% ▼ -7.0%
Lower than 74% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 32.0%
- 2016: 22.5%
- 2021: 29.8%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Birchip · Urban Centre
Migration & Movement in Birchip
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
More people have arrived from overseas in Birchip than in most similar areas, making it a standout for recent international growth. While 32.7% of residents are new arrivals from overseas, the town has seen a decline in people moving between Australian addresses.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Far fewer people have moved house recently compared to the rest of the country, with only 29.8% shifting in the last five years. This figure is far below the national mark of 40.7% and has fallen since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 32.7% of the population, a figure far above the Victorian average of 15.6%. This has seen a sharp increase over the last decade, rising 21 points since 2011.
32.7% ▲ +181.2%
Higher than 96% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 32.7%
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 Birchip [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL221005/birchip/topic/mobility-location