35.7% ▼ -3.8%
Higher than 55% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 37.1%
- 2016: 37.8%
- 2021: 35.7%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Bassendean · Council (LGA)
Migration & Movement in Bassendean
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Fewer people are moving in and out of Bassendean compared to other parts of the country. Only 35.7% of residents have changed their home in the last five years, showing a stable community where people tend to stay put.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
The proportion of people who moved in the last five years is well below the Western Australian figure of 39% and the national figure of 40.7%. This trend has also dipped slightly since 2011, when 37.1% of the population had moved.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 7.3% of the population, which is lower than most areas. This is well below the 14.5% national figure and has fallen sharply from 15.1% in 2011.
7.3% ▼ -51.5%
Lower than 70% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 15.1%
- 2016: 13.4%
- 2021: 7.3%
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 Bassendean [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA50350/bassendean/topic/mobility-location