41.4% ▲ +10.0%
Higher than 64% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 37.6%
- 2016: 40.5%
- 2021: 41.4%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Melbourne - South East · Region (SA4)
Migration & Movement in Melbourne - South East
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
More than four in ten people in Melbourne - South East have changed their address recently, making it a highly mobile region. This constant movement is seen in the 41.4% of residents who moved home in the last five years, a figure that has risen since 2011.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Around 41.4% of people moved home in the last five years, which is higher than most other areas. This is a little above the 40.0% seen across Victoria and has grown by 3.8 percentage points since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 15.3% of the population, which is higher than most areas. While this is about the same as the national figure of 14.5%, the proportion of new arrivals fell by 5.3 percentage points since 2011.
15.3% ▼ -25.8%
Higher than 62% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 20.6%
- 2016: 19.3%
- 2021: 15.3%
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 - South East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa4/212/melbourne-south-east/topic/mobility-location