Bendigo suburbs people moved to from the city

Jackass Flat tops the ranking: 10% of its residents lived in a capital city five years earlier, most of them in Melbourne. Flora Hill and Bendigo follow. These 15 suburbs came from a field of 22 eligible Bendigo suburbs.

This page ranks Bendigo suburbs by the share of residents aged five and over who lived in a capital city five years before the 2021 Census. Suburbs inside the capitals are not ranked, and only suburbs with at least 1,000 residents qualify.

These are the places people from the capitals moved to between 2016 and 2021, and each row names the capital most of them came from. It counts arrivals only: people who moved the other way are not in it, so a suburb near the top is not necessarily growing. Not every move is a sea change or a tree change: mining towns and Defence bases rank high because jobs bring people there. The Central Coast is part of Greater Sydney in the ABS geography; we count it as a place of its own, so moves from the Central Coast are not moves from Sydney. Source: ABS 2021 Census, via TableBuilder.

Bendigo suburbs where the most residents moved from a capital city

Ranked by the share of residents aged five and over who lived in a capital city five years before the 2021 Census, among suburbs outside the capitals with at least 1,000 residents. It counts arrivals only: people who moved the other way are not in it.

Jackass Flat

VIC 3556 · 1,907 residents

10.0% lived in a capital five years earlier · most from Melbourne · 168 residents

C 100.0

Flora Hill

VIC 3550 · 3,989 residents

9.6% lived in a capital five years earlier · most from Melbourne · 361 residents

D 95.2

Bendigo

VIC 3550 · 5,652 residents

9.1% lived in a capital five years earlier · most from Melbourne · 492 residents

C 90.5

North Bendigo

VIC 3550 · 4,277 residents

8.6% lived in a capital five years earlier · most from Melbourne · 349 residents

C 85.7

Quarry Hill

VIC 3550 · 2,365 residents

8.3% lived in a capital five years earlier · most from Melbourne · 186 residents

B 81.0

Huntly

VIC 3551 · 3,585 residents

7.7% lived in a capital five years earlier · most from Melbourne · 250 residents

D 76.2

Kennington

VIC 3550 · 5,880 residents

7.7% lived in a capital five years earlier · most from Melbourne · 433 residents

C 71.4

Ascot

VIC 3551 · 2,571 residents

7.1% lived in a capital five years earlier · most from Melbourne · 166 residents

B 66.7

Ironbark

VIC 3550 · 1,163 residents

6.8% lived in a capital five years earlier · most from Melbourne · 76 residents

C 61.9

Strathfieldsaye

VIC 3551 · 6,850 residents

6.7% lived in a capital five years earlier · most from Melbourne · 428 residents

B 57.1

Strathdale

VIC 3550 · 5,756 residents

6.3% lived in a capital five years earlier · most from Melbourne · 348 residents

B 52.4

Golden Square

VIC 3555 · 9,220 residents

6.3% lived in a capital five years earlier · most from Melbourne · 550 residents

C 47.6

Epsom

VIC 3551 · 5,014 residents

6.3% lived in a capital five years earlier · most from Melbourne · 287 residents

C 42.9

White Hills

VIC 3550 · 3,620 residents

5.7% lived in a capital five years earlier · most from Melbourne · 194 residents

C 38.1

East Bendigo

VIC 3550 · 2,246 residents

5.6% lived in a capital five years earlier · most from Melbourne · 118 residents

D 33.3

Ranked from 22 qualifying suburbs.

How we ranked these

100% share of residents aged five and over who lived in one of the eight capital cities five years before the 2021 Census, percentile-ranked within Bendigo's candidate pool. Suburbs that touch a capital's statistical area are not ranked, because the count for their own area includes people who never moved. The Central Coast counts as a place of its own, not as Sydney. Only suburbs with at least 1,000 residents qualify, and the larger number of arrivals breaks ties. It counts arrivals, not net migration. Source: ABS 2021 Census, via TableBuilder; the ABS adjusts small counts slightly to protect privacy. See how we calculate for the full methodology.

Common questions about this ranking

What are the bendigo suburbs people moved to from the city?

How is this ranking put together?

Each Bendigo suburb is ranked by the share of its residents aged five and over who lived in one of the eight capital cities five years before the 2021 Census. Suburbs inside the capitals are not ranked, and only suburbs with at least 1,000 residents are included.

Does this show where people are leaving?

No. It counts people who arrived from a capital, not people who left the suburb. A place near the top can have lost as many residents as it gained, so it is not a measure of growth.

Why are some suburbs near a capital missing?

A suburb that touches a capital's statistical area is left out: the Census count for its own area includes people who never moved, so a share would overstate the arrivals.

How current is it?

It covers moves between August 2016 and August 2021, from the 2021 Census, the most recent available until results from the August 2026 Census are released in 2027.

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Rankings last computed 12 October 2026. Recomputed after each ACARA schools data refresh.

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Bendigo suburbs people moved to from the city

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