Powelltown · Urban Centre

Migration & Movement in Powelltown

How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.

Far fewer people move into Powelltown compared to the rest of the country. While 40% of Victorians have changed homes in the last five years, only 29.1% of Powelltown residents have done so. This makes it a very stable place where people tend to stay put.

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📍 Powelltown, Urban Centre

Where Powelltown sits — People who moved in the last 5 years

29.1% ▼ -31.6%
  • 10.0%–11.8%: 18 areas
  • 11.8%–13.6%: 15 areas
  • 13.6%–15.4%: 11 areas
  • 15.4%–17.1%: 16 areas
  • 17.1%–18.9%: 12 areas
  • 18.9%–20.7%: 19 areas
  • 20.7%–22.5%: 33 areas
  • 22.5%–24.3%: 54 areas
  • 24.3%–26.1%: 76 areas
  • 26.1%–27.9%: 88 areas
  • 27.9%–29.6%: 120 areas
  • 29.6%–31.4%: 151 areas
  • 31.4%–33.2%: 157 areas
  • 33.2%–35.0%: 147 areas
  • 35.0%–36.8%: 169 areas
  • 36.8%–38.6%: 143 areas
  • 38.6%–40.4%: 146 areas
  • 40.4%–42.1%: 121 areas
  • 42.1%–43.9%: 98 areas
  • 43.9%–45.7%: 69 areas
  • 45.7%–47.5%: 41 areas
  • 47.5%–49.3%: 33 areas
  • 49.3%–51.1%: 19 areas
  • 51.1%–52.9%: 15 areas
  • 52.9%–54.6%: 15 areas
  • 54.6%–56.4%: 11 areas
  • 56.4%–58.2%: 5 areas
  • 58.2%–60.0%: 28 areas

All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Powelltown — lower than 76% of areas.

People who moved in the last 5 years compared with the state and national average
Powelltown29.1%
3797, VIC 30.2%
Victoria 40.0%
Australia 40.7%

Moving home

People who moved in the last five years.

The proportion of people who moved house in the last five years is far below the national figure, and this trend has dropped 13 points since 2011.

29.1% ▼ -31.6%

Lower than 76% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 42.5%
  • 2016: 22.7%
  • 2021: 29.1%

Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.

Arrivals from overseas

Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.

No one in the area arrived from overseas in the five years before the 2021 census, a figure far below Victoria's 15.6% and a drop of 18 points from 2011.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 18.2%
  • 2016: 14.3%
  • 2021: 0.0%

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 Powelltown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL222074/powelltown/topic/mobility-location