47.6% ▲ +10.6%
Higher than 91% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 43.0%
- 2016: 42.8%
- 2021: 47.6%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Melton · Urban Centre
Migration & Movement in Melton
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Almost half of all residents in Melton have moved house in the last five years. This high level of turnover makes the area one of the most mobile in the region, with a population that is changing rapidly.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 47.6% of people moved here in the last five years, a figure that is well above both the Victorian and national averages. This trend has risen by 4.6 percentage points since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 13.7% of the population, which is much higher than most other similar areas. However, this figure has fallen by 4.8 percentage points since 2011.
13.7% ▼ -26.2%
Higher than 78% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 18.5%
- 2016: 16.5%
- 2021: 13.7%
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 Melton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL211002/melton/topic/mobility-location