33.6% ▼ -4.5%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.2%
- 2016: 34.2%
- 2021: 33.6%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Melton · Suburb / Locality
Migration & Movement in Melton
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
A steady flow of new residents shapes daily life in Melton, with 10.9% of the population arriving from overseas recently. While more people have moved here compared to similar areas, the overall movement is much lower than the state and national figures.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 33.6% of people moved home in the last five years. This is higher than in most similar areas, though it remains well below the 40% seen across Victoria and Australia.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 10.9% of the population, a figure higher than most similar areas. However, this is still well below the 14.5% national average.
10.9% ▼ -12.7%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 15.4%
- 2021: 10.9%
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 Melton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21642/melton/topic/mobility-location