38.0% ▲ +3.3%
Higher than 66% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 36.8%
- 2016: 38.0%
- 2021: 38.0%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Melville · Council (LGA)
Migration & Movement in Melville
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Far fewer people have arrived from overseas in Melville compared to the rest of the country. While about 40% of Australians moved homes in the last five years, the figure for Melville is a little lower at 38%. This shows a community that is relatively stable, with a sharp drop in new arrivals from abroad over the last decade.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 38% of people here moved in the last five years, which is higher than most similar areas. This figure is about the same as the Western Australian average and has risen slightly since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 8.8% of the population, a figure well below the national average of 14.5%. This is a significant drop from 2011, when the proportion of new arrivals was 19%.
8.8% ▼ -53.9%
Lower than 63% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 19.0%
- 2016: 15.3%
- 2021: 8.8%
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 Melville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA55320/melville/topic/mobility-location