55.2% —
Higher than 94% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 53.6%
- 2021: 55.2%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Richmond (Northern Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Migration & Movement in Richmond (Northern Metropolitan)
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
More people have moved into Richmond (Northern Metropolitan) since 2016, with 55.2% of residents changing homes in the last five years. This high level of movement is far above the national figure. While the area remains a major hub for new arrivals from overseas, that proportion has fallen since the last census.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Over half of the population (55.2%) moved house in the last five years, a figure that is far above the 40.7% national average. This level of mobility is among the highest for similar areas and rose slightly since 2016.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 19.4% of the population, which is well above the Victorian figure of 15.6%. Although this is much higher than most areas, the proportion of new overseas arrivals fell by 5.7 points since 2016.
19.4% —
Higher than 81% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 25.1%
- 2021: 19.4%
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 Richmond (Northern Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED27003/richmond/topic/mobility-location