49.1% ▲ +1.5%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 48.3%
- 2016: 50.0%
- 2021: 49.1%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
St Kilda East · Suburb / Locality
Migration & Movement in St Kilda East
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Almost half of all residents in St Kilda East have moved here in the last five years. This high level of churn, combined with a large number of new arrivals from overseas, makes the area a dynamic gateway for people starting new lives in Melbourne.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Nearly 49.1% of people moved home in the last five years, a figure that is well above both the Victorian average of 40% and the national figure of 40.7%. This rate is among the highest for similar areas.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 20.2% of the population, which is much higher than most areas. This is well above the 15.6% seen across Victoria and the 14.5% national average.
20.2% ▼ -22.0%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.9%
- 2016: 25.1%
- 2021: 20.2%
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 St Kilda East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22344/st-kilda-east/topic/mobility-location