73.3% ▲ +6.4%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 68.9%
- 2016: 73.0%
- 2021: 73.3%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Melbourne · Suburb / Locality
Migration & Movement in Melbourne
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Constant change defines the streets of Melbourne, where nearly three quarters of residents have moved house recently. This creates a highly transient population compared to the rest of the country, driven by a huge influx of people from both within Australia and from overseas.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
A huge 73.3% of people moved here in the last five years. This is far above the 40% seen across Victoria and Australia, placing the area among the most mobile for its size.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
The area is a major gateway for newcomers, with 47.3% of residents arriving from overseas recently. This is far above the national figure of 14.5%.
47.3% ▼ -12.7%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 54.2%
- 2016: 59.6%
- 2021: 47.3%
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 [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21640/melbourne/topic/mobility-location