39.8% ▼ -0.3%
Higher than 72% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 39.9%
- 2016: 28.8%
- 2021: 39.8%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Sawmill Settlement · Urban Centre
Migration & Movement in Sawmill Settlement
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Recent overseas arrivals have jumped to 20% of the population in Sawmill Settlement since 2011. This shift has made the area much more diverse than most other similar places. While international arrivals have spiked, the overall rate of people moving house has remained steady.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 39.8% of residents moved home in the last five years. This is higher than most similar areas, though it is about the same as the Victorian and national figures.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
People arriving from overseas make up 20% of the population, which is well above the state and national rates. This figure has risen sharply from just 5% in 2011.
20.0% ▲ +300.0%
Higher than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 5.0%
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 20.0%
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 Sawmill Settlement [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL222082/sawmill-settlement/topic/mobility-location