39.2% ▲ +52.7%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.7%
- 2016: 26.0%
- 2021: 39.2%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Melrose Park · Suburb / Locality
Migration & Movement in Melrose Park
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Frequent moves define life in Melrose Park, where 39.2% of residents have changed homes in the last five years. This high level of turnover is much higher than in most similar areas, creating a dynamic local population.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Nearly 40% of people here moved in the last five years, a rate that is about the same as the New South Wales figure and slightly below the national average.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 12.2% of the population. While this is higher than in most similar areas, it sits a little below the figures for both the state and Australia.
12.2% ▲ +64.7%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 7.9%
- 2021: 12.2%
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 Melrose Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12574/melrose-park/topic/mobility-location