24.9% ▼ -1.2%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.2%
- 2016: 18.9%
- 2021: 24.9%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Orrvale · Suburb / Locality
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Nearly one third of people in Orrvale arrived from overseas recently, a figure that is far above the national average. While many new arrivals have settled here, the area is generally very stable, with far fewer people moving house overall compared to most other parts of the country.
People who moved in the last five years.
Only 24.9% of residents moved home in the last five years. This is far below the 40.7% national figure and lower than most other areas.
24.9% ▼ -1.2%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 31.2% of the population. This is among the highest figures for similar areas and sits far above the Victorian average of 15.6%.
31.2% ▲ +202.8%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of overseas-born residents who arrived in Australia in the five years before the census.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Migration & Movement in Orrvale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22017/orrvale/topic/mobility-location