34.5% ▼ -3.0%
Lower than 52% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 35.6%
- 2016: 32.6%
- 2021: 34.5%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Merbein · Urban Centre
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Fewer people are moving into and out of Merbein compared to other parts of the country. Only 4% of residents have arrived from overseas recently, meaning the local population is very stable and changes slowly.
People who moved in the last five years.
About 34.5% of residents moved house in the last five years. This is well below the 40% seen across Victoria and the national figure of 40.7%, and it has fallen slightly since 2011.
34.5% ▼ -3.0%
Lower than 52% of urban centre areas.
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 4% of the population, which is far below the 14.5% national average. This figure has dropped significantly from 10.9% in 2011.
4.0% ▼ -63.6%
Lower than 54% of urban centre 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 Merbein [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215054/merbein/topic/mobility-location