29.9% ▲ +38.7%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.5%
- 2016: 29.9%
- 2021: 29.9%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Merricks North · Suburb / Locality
Migration & Movement in Merricks North
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Only 4.6% of residents in Merricks North have recently arrived from overseas, which is far below the national figure. This small number of new arrivals is part of a broader pattern of stability in the area. Most people here have lived in their homes for a long time.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 29.9% of people moved house in the last five years. This is far below the 40.0% seen across Victoria and the 40.7% national average.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
The proportion of recent overseas arrivals is 4.6%, which is lower than most areas. This is well below the Australian figure of 14.5% and far below the state rate of 15.6%.
4.6% ▼ -62.1%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 4.6%
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 Merricks North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21664/merricks-north/topic/mobility-location