46.0% ▲ +2.3%
Higher than 89% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 44.9%
- 2016: 45.7%
- 2021: 46.0%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Belmont · Council (LGA)
Migration & Movement in Belmont
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Fewer people have arrived from overseas in Belmont since 2011, though it remains a high-turnover area. Nearly half of all residents have moved house in the last five years, making it one of the most mobile areas in the region.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 46% of residents moved home in the last five years, which is well above the Western Australian figure of 39%. This is much higher than most other areas and has risen slightly since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 16.1% of the population, a figure that is well above the state average. While this is still higher than most areas, the proportion of new overseas arrivals fell by 14 points since 2011.
16.1% ▼ -46.3%
Higher than 69% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 30.0%
- 2016: 26.7%
- 2021: 16.1%
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 Belmont [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA50490/belmont/topic/mobility-location