54.1% ▲ +30.9%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 41.3%
- 2016: 34.7%
- 2021: 54.1%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Virginia · Urban Centre
Migration & Movement in Virginia
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
More than half of the people in Virginia have moved house recently. This high level of movement marks the area as one of the most mobile among similar places, with 54.1% of residents arriving in the last five years.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Over half of the population moved here in the last five years, which is far above the South Australian figure of 36.9%. This trend has grown over time, rising 13 percentage points since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 7.2% of the population, which is higher than most similar areas. However, this is well below the national figure of 14.5% and has fallen 15 percentage points since 2011.
7.2% ▼ -67.5%
Higher than 61% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 22.1%
- 2016: 2.0%
- 2021: 7.2%
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 Virginia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL415044/virginia/topic/mobility-location