41.0% ▲ +9.8%
Higher than 55% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 37.3%
- 2016: 41.1%
- 2021: 41.0%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Melbourne · Urban Area
Migration & Movement in Melbourne
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
More people have shifted their residence in Melbourne since 2011, though the share of new overseas arrivals has fallen. About 41% of residents moved home in the five years before the 2021 census, reflecting a steady rise in mobility for the city.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
The 41% of people who moved in the last five years is about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia. This represents a 3.7 percentage point increase since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 15.9% of the population, which is higher than most areas and a little above the national figure of 14.5%. However, this share has fallen 4.1 percentage points since 2011.
15.9% ▼ -20.5%
Higher than 66% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 20.0%
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 15.9%
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 Melbourne [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/2011/melbourne/topic/mobility-location