39.3% —
Lower than 56% of capital city areas.
- 2016: 43.3%
- 2021: 39.3%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Greater Perth · Capital City
Migration & Movement in Greater Perth
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
A sharp fall in overseas arrivals is the main story for Greater Perth, where the share of recent migrants dropped from 18.6% in 2016 to 10.5% in 2021. This makes the area far less diverse in terms of recent arrivals than most similar regions. Meanwhile, the number of people moving house has also dipped slightly over the last few years.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 39.3% of people have moved house in the last five years. This is around the middle for similar areas and a little below the national figure of 40.7%, having fallen from 43.3% in 2016.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 10.5% of the population, which is much lower than most similar areas and well below the national figure of 14.5%. This is a significant drop from the 18.6% recorded in 2016.
10.5% —
Lower than 86% of capital city areas.
- 2016: 18.6%
- 2021: 10.5%
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 Greater Perth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/gccsa/5GPER/greater-perth/topic/mobility-location