56.9% ▼ -3.1%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 58.7%
- 2016: 53.1%
- 2021: 56.9%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
East Melbourne · Suburb / Locality
Migration & Movement in East Melbourne
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Over half of the people in East Melbourne have moved house in the last five years. This high level of movement is seen alongside a strong presence of new arrivals from overseas, making it a very mobile community.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 56.9% of residents moved here within the last five years. This is far above the figures for Victoria (40%) and Australia (40.7%), and is among the highest rates for similar areas.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 18.1% of the population. This is much higher than most areas and sits well above the national figure of 14.5%.
18.1% ▼ -42.0%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.2%
- 2016: 25.9%
- 2021: 18.1%
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 East Melbourne [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20830/east-melbourne/topic/mobility-location