33.4% —
Lower than 89% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 35.6%
- 2021: 33.4%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Cowan · Federal Electorate
Migration & Movement in Cowan
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Far fewer people have moved into Cowan recently compared to the rest of the country. Only 33.4% of residents shifted homes in the last five years, which is well below the national figure of 40.7%. This suggests a very stable population where most people stay put for long periods.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Only 33.4% of people moved house in the last five years, a figure that is much lower than most areas. This is well below both the state (39.0%) and national (40.7%) rates, and has fallen 2.2 percentage points since 2016.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 10.3% of the population, which is about the same as the Western Australian figure. This is well below the national average and represents a sharp drop from 2011, when the figure was 28.9%.
10.3% ▼ -64.3%
Lower than 72% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 28.9%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 10.3%
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 Cowan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED504/cowan/topic/mobility-location