Victoria suburbs people moved to from the city

Puckapunyal tops the ranking: 44.6% of its residents lived in a capital city five years earlier, most of them in Brisbane. Coronet Bay and Grantville follow. These 15 suburbs came from a field of 249 eligible Victoria suburbs.

This page ranks Victoria 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.

Victoria 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.

1

Puckapunyal

VIC 3662 · 1,108 residents

44.6% lived in a capital five years earlier · most from Brisbane · 445 residents

B 100.0
2

Coronet Bay

VIC 3984 · 1,108 residents

35.2% lived in a capital five years earlier · most from Melbourne · 369 residents

C 99.6
3

Grantville

VIC 3984 · 1,168 residents

34.5% lived in a capital five years earlier · most from Melbourne · 383 residents

D 99.2
4

Corinella

VIC 3984 · 1,181 residents

32.2% lived in a capital five years earlier · most from Melbourne · 362 residents

C 98.8
5

Loch Sport

VIC 3851 · 1,021 residents

27.1% lived in a capital five years earlier · most from Melbourne · 274 residents

D 98.4
6

Trentham

VIC 3458 · 1,382 residents

26.4% lived in a capital five years earlier · most from Melbourne · 350 residents

B 98.0
7

Drouin

VIC 3818 · 15,287 residents

25.1% lived in a capital five years earlier · most from Melbourne · 3,573 residents

C 97.6
8

Cape Paterson

VIC 3995 · 1,111 residents

24.9% lived in a capital five years earlier · most from Melbourne · 267 residents

B 97.2
9

San Remo

VIC 3925 · 1,700 residents

24.8% lived in a capital five years earlier · most from Melbourne · 401 residents

B 96.8
10

Gordon

VIC 3345 · 1,393 residents

24.1% lived in a capital five years earlier · most from Melbourne · 314 residents

B 96.4
11

Kilmore

VIC 3764 · 9,207 residents

23.8% lived in a capital five years earlier · most from Melbourne · 2,057 residents

C 96.0
12

Cowes

VIC 3922 · 6,593 residents

23.5% lived in a capital five years earlier · most from Melbourne · 1,483 residents

C 95.6
13

Woodend

VIC 3442 · 6,732 residents

23.4% lived in a capital five years earlier · most from Melbourne · 1,497 residents

C 95.2
14

St Leonards

VIC 3223 · 3,542 residents

23.3% lived in a capital five years earlier · most from Melbourne · 796 residents

C 94.8
15

Indented Head

VIC 3223 · 1,391 residents

22.8% lived in a capital five years earlier · most from Melbourne · 309 residents

B 94.3

Ranked from 249 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 Victoria'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 victoria suburbs people moved to from the city?

Puckapunyal tops the ranking: 44.6% of its residents lived in a capital city five years earlier, most of them in Brisbane. Coronet Bay and Grantville follow. These 15 suburbs came from a field of 249 eligible Victoria suburbs.

How is this ranking put together?

Each Victoria 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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