City of Brimbank
Migration by age and location
Between 2016 and 2021, the LGA with the highest net migration to the City of Brimbank (+1,406) was from Maribyrnong, whilst the highest net loss (-11,468) was to Melton.
The age structure of people who move into and out of the City of Brimbank is strongly influenced by the residential role and function of the area and can influence demand for particular services. For instance, inner city areas near employment, education and entertainment tend to attract many young people in their late teens and early twenties, who move out in their late twenties and thirties to start families in suburban areas. Rural areas tend to lose young people and gain older families and retirees.
Understanding the City of Brimbank's attraction to different age groups helps to plan services for the community as well as advocating with other levels of government and private enterprise to provide infrastructure, employment opportunities and facilities which may help to retain age groups which are otherwise leaving the area.
To see annual migration patterns (outside the Census), please refer to the Annual migration by location page. Note - please use this with caution as currently the annual migration numbers are based on pre-Census change-of-address records and may not match the numbers on this page from the 2021 Census
Derived from the Census questions:
'Where does the person usually live?' and 'Where did the person usually live five years ago (at 10 August 2016)?'.
| Net gains and losses by LGA | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| City of Brimbank - between 2016 and 2021 | ||||
| LGA | In migration | Out migration | Net migration | |
| Maribyrnong | 24330 | 3,499 | 2,093 | +1,406 |
| Yarra | 27350 | 381 | 193 | +188 |
| Darebin | 21890 | 401 | 293 | +108 |
| Moreland | 25250 | 830 | 771 | +59 |
| Greater Dandenong | 22670 | 331 | 284 | +47 |
| Swan Hill | 26610 | 55 | 19 | +36 |
| Cumberland | 12380 | 65 | 40 | +25 |
| Port Adelaide Enfield | 45890 | 73 | 53 | +20 |
| Campbelltown (NSW) | 11500 | 33 | 15 | +18 |
| Stonnington | 26350 | 141 | 124 | +17 |
| Stirling | 57910 | 44 | 28 | +16 |
| Hornsby | 14000 | 16 | 0 | +16 |
| Albany | 50080 | 13 | 0 | +13 |
| Tea Tree Gully | 47700 | 17 | 5 | +12 |
| Georges River | 12930 | 21 | 10 | +11 |
| Townsville | 37010 | 36 | 28 | +8 |
| Sutherland Shire | 17150 | 10 | 3 | +7 |
| Coffs Harbour | 11800 | 13 | 7 | +6 |
| Swan | 58050 | 30 | 24 | +6 |
| Burnie | 60610 | 14 | 9 | +5 |
| Newcastle | 15900 | 24 | 19 | +5 |
| Wollongong | 18450 | 20 | 15 | +5 |
| Vincent | 58570 | 12 | 8 | +4 |
| Indigo | 23350 | 14 | 11 | +3 |
| Bayside (NSW) | 10500 | 18 | 16 | +2 |
| Canning | 51330 | 12 | 10 | +2 |
| Salisbury | 47140 | 64 | 62 | +2 |
| Playford | 45680 | 30 | 30 | 0 |
| Campbelltown (SA) | 40910 | 14 | 14 | 0 |
| Whitsunday | 37340 | 11 | 11 | 0 |
| Parramatta | 16260 | 22 | 22 | 0 |
| Alpine | 20110 | 8 | 10 | -2 |
| Corangamite | 21830 | 10 | 12 | -2 |
| Cockburn | 51820 | 10 | 12 | -2 |
| Canterbury-Bankstown | 11570 | 51 | 54 | -3 |
| Griffith | 13450 | 7 | 12 | -5 |
| Melville | 55320 | 14 | 19 | -5 |
| Cairns | 32080 | 48 | 53 | -5 |
| Wangaratta | 26700 | 13 | 19 | -6 |
| Ryde | 16700 | 6 | 12 | -6 |
| Maroondah | 24410 | 67 | 73 | -6 |
| Kingborough | 63610 | 4 | 10 | -6 |
| Fairfield | 12850 | 65 | 72 | -7 |
| Mackay | 34770 | 18 | 25 | -7 |
| Wanneroo | 58760 | 30 | 38 | -8 |
| Devonport | 61610 | 3 | 11 | -8 |
| Northern Grampians | 25810 | 7 | 15 | -8 |
| Fraser Coast | 33220 | 8 | 17 | -9 |
| Gosnells | 53780 | 15 | 24 | -9 |
| Inner West | 14170 | 12 | 21 | -9 |
| Central Coast (NSW) | 11650 | 9 | 19 | -10 |
| Perth | 57080 | 3 | 13 | -10 |
| Port Hedland | 57280 | 0 | 10 | -10 |
| Redland | 36250 | 4 | 14 | -10 |
| Prospect | 46510 | 7 | 17 | -10 |
| Unincorporated NT | 79399 | 0 | 10 | -10 |
| Alexandrina | 40220 | 0 | 11 | -11 |
| Ballina | 10250 | 0 | 11 | -11 |
| Dubbo Regional | 12390 | 3 | 15 | -12 |
| Lake Macquarie | 14650 | 3 | 15 | -12 |
| Northern Beaches | 15990 | 7 | 19 | -12 |
| Loddon | 23940 | 0 | 12 | -12 |
| Hindmarsh | 22980 | 0 | 12 | -12 |
| Boroondara | 21110 | 151 | 163 | -12 |
| Gannawarra | 22250 | 0 | 12 | -12 |
| West Torrens | 48410 | 7 | 19 | -12 |
| Karratha | 54310 | 0 | 12 | -12 |
| Southern Grampians | 26260 | 3 | 15 | -12 |
| Yarra Ranges | 27450 | 50 | 62 | -12 |
| Launceston | 64010 | 32 | 44 | -12 |
| Huon Valley | 63010 | 0 | 12 | -12 |
| Murrindindi | 25620 | 0 | 13 | -13 |
| Toowoomba | 36910 | 9 | 22 | -13 |
| Latrobe (Vic.) | 23810 | 42 | 55 | -13 |
| Port Macquarie-Hastings | 16380 | 0 | 13 | -13 |
| Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional | 16490 | 11 | 25 | -14 |
| Baw Baw | 20830 | 5 | 19 | -14 |
| Mitcham | 44340 | 8 | 22 | -14 |
| Central Coast (Tas.) | 60810 | 0 | 14 | -14 |
| South Gippsland | 26170 | 3 | 17 | -14 |
| Horsham | 23190 | 0 | 15 | -15 |
| Darwin | 71000 | 65 | 80 | -15 |
| Yarriambiack | 27630 | 5 | 21 | -16 |
| Strathbogie | 26430 | 0 | 16 | -16 |
| Mildura | 24780 | 63 | 80 | -17 |
| Nillumbik | 25710 | 36 | 54 | -18 |
| Mount Alexander | 25430 | 21 | 39 | -18 |
| Warrnambool | 26730 | 18 | 36 | -18 |
| Colac Otway | 21750 | 15 | 33 | -18 |
| Liverpool | 14900 | 31 | 49 | -18 |
| Benalla | 21010 | 0 | 19 | -19 |
| Wellington | 26810 | 14 | 33 | -19 |
| Pyrenees | 25990 | 0 | 19 | -19 |
| Onkaparinga | 45340 | 12 | 31 | -19 |
| Palmerston | 72800 | 14 | 33 | -19 |
| Wagga Wagga | 17750 | 10 | 30 | -20 |
| Central Goldfields | 21670 | 4 | 27 | -23 |
| Wodonga | 27170 | 9 | 33 | -24 |
| East Gippsland | 22110 | 21 | 47 | -26 |
| Murray River | 15520 | 3 | 29 | -26 |
| Golden Plains | 22490 | 7 | 34 | -27 |
| Charles Sturt | 41060 | 24 | 52 | -28 |
| Logan | 34590 | 47 | 78 | -31 |
| Glenelg | 22410 | 0 | 32 | -32 |
| Ararat | 20260 | 0 | 33 | -33 |
| Moira | 24900 | 7 | 40 | -33 |
| Sydney | 17200 | 27 | 61 | -34 |
| Bass Coast | 20740 | 11 | 48 | -37 |
| Banyule | 20660 | 130 | 168 | -38 |
| Clarence | 61410 | 0 | 38 | -38 |
| Hobart | 62810 | 28 | 66 | -38 |
| Blacktown | 10750 | 46 | 85 | -39 |
| Glen Eira | 22310 | 141 | 180 | -39 |
| Ipswich | 33960 | 28 | 68 | -40 |
| Frankston | 22170 | 52 | 94 | -42 |
| Hepburn | 22910 | 8 | 54 | -46 |
| Alice Springs | 70200 | 3 | 50 | -47 |
| Kingston (Vic.) | 23430 | 97 | 145 | -48 |
| Surf Coast | 26490 | 8 | 61 | -53 |
| Bayside (Vic.) | 20910 | 26 | 80 | -54 |
| Cardinia | 21450 | 25 | 83 | -58 |
| Campaspe | 21370 | 19 | 78 | -59 |
| Moreton Bay | 35010 | 30 | 89 | -59 |
| Knox | 23670 | 76 | 138 | -62 |
| Sunshine Coast | 36720 | 16 | 79 | -63 |
| Mornington Peninsula | 25340 | 38 | 112 | -74 |
| Greater Shepparton | 22830 | 44 | 127 | -83 |
| Albury | 10050 | 4 | 94 | -90 |
| Manningham | 24210 | 89 | 182 | -93 |
| Glenorchy | 62610 | 25 | 118 | -93 |
| Hobsons Bay | 23110 | 618 | 714 | -96 |
| Unincorporated ACT | 89399 | 95 | 194 | -99 |
| Greater Bendigo | 22620 | 69 | 192 | -123 |
| Moonee Valley | 25060 | 1,865 | 1,988 | -123 |
| Port Phillip | 25900 | 219 | 344 | -125 |
| Whitehorse | 26980 | 127 | 254 | -127 |
| Brisbane | 31000 | 173 | 302 | -129 |
| Mitchell | 24850 | 53 | 203 | -150 |
| Monash | 24970 | 167 | 324 | -157 |
| Gold Coast | 33430 | 45 | 203 | -158 |
| Whittlesea | 27070 | 495 | 698 | -203 |
| Ballarat | 20570 | 60 | 274 | -214 |
| Casey | 21610 | 195 | 417 | -222 |
| Melbourne | 24600 | 639 | 893 | -254 |
| Macedon Ranges | 24130 | 98 | 411 | -313 |
| Moorabool | 25150 | 90 | 538 | -448 |
| Greater Geelong | 22750 | 221 | 790 | -569 |
| Hume | 23270 | 1,023 | 2,168 | -1,145 |
| Wyndham | 27260 | 1,076 | 5,067 | -3,991 |
| Melton | 24650 | 3,132 | 14,600 | -11,468 |
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Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing (opens a new window), 2021 (Usual Residence Data). Compiled and presented in profile.id by .id (opens a new window)(informed decisions).
NOTE: Data shown in the table and map excludes any Local Government Areas which have a population movement of fewer than 10 persons into and out of the City of Brimbank.