75.4% ▲ +8.7%
Higher than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 69.3%
- 2016: 70.6%
- 2021: 75.4%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
3006, VIC · Postcode
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Roughly 75% of people in postcode 3006 have moved house in the last five years. This is one of the most mobile areas in the country, with a population that changes much more frequently than in other parts of the state or nation.
People who moved in the last five years.
Three quarters of residents moved here within the last five years, a figure far above the 40% seen across Australia. This trend has grown since 2011, with the proportion of recent movers rising by 6 percentage points.
75.4% ▲ +8.7%
Higher than 99% of postcode areas.
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Overseas arrivals make up 39.9% of the population, which is far above the national figure of 14.5%. While this remains among the highest levels for similar areas, the proportion fell 4.6 percentage points since 2011.
39.9% ▼ -10.4%
Higher than 99% of postcode areas.
Share of overseas-born residents who arrived in Australia in the five years before the census.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Migration & Movement in 3006, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3006/3006-vic/topic/mobility-location