64.1% —
Higher than 99% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 32.0%
- 2021: 64.1%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Melbourne · Federal Electorate
Migration & Movement in Melbourne
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
About 64% of people in Melbourne have moved house in the last five years, making it one of the most mobile areas in the country. This high turnover is driven by both local movement and a large number of people arriving from overseas.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Movement into the area has surged, with 64.1% of residents arriving in the last five years. This is far above the national figure of 40.7% and represents a 32 point increase since 2016.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 36.7% of the population, which is far above the Victorian figure of 15.6%. This proportion of new arrivals has risen by 25 points since 2011.
36.7% ▲ +211.3%
Higher than 99% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 13.9%
- 2021: 36.7%
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 Melbourne [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED233/melbourne/topic/mobility-location