Indicator: Stability of Population

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What we know from research

What the data indicates about Mildura
STABILITY OF POPULATION
The residential stability of households is one factor that contributes to the development of communication and connectedness between people. However, the effect of non-stability may not be a smooth, continuous one. It may only be when household movement reaches a certain threshold that social cohesion is affected. When high and low cohesion postcode areas in Victoria were analysed recently in terms of their inter-census household movement it was found that the low social cohesion category contained three times the proportion of 40%+ turnovers as occurred within the high cohesion category.
The present data concerns individuals rather than households and indicates a level of stability of residence at the municipal level that approximates to the Regional Victoria figure. Mildura Central has a somewhat higher level of individual movement and the other sub-regional areas are at or below the regional figure.

POPULATION MOVEMENT 1996 - 2001
Source: Table B22 2001 Census of Population and Housing

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	No observable trend		Progress towards desired direction
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Last Updated: Tuesday, 6 February 2007