41.3% ▼ -13.3%
Higher than 79% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 47.7%
- 2016: 46.3%
- 2021: 41.3%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Busselton · Council (LGA)
Migration & Movement in Busselton
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
More than 41% of people in Busselton moved house in the last five years, a rate much higher than most similar areas. While many people have shifted into the region recently, the proportion of new arrivals from overseas has fallen significantly over the last decade.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 41.3% of residents moved home in the five years before the census. This is a little above the Western Australian figure of 39% and much higher than most other areas, though the rate fell by 6.4 percentage points since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 7.0% of the population, which is well below the national figure of 14.5%. This proportion has dropped sharply from 15.3% in 2011, leaving Busselton with fewer new overseas arrivals than most other areas.
7.0% ▼ -54.5%
Lower than 72% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 15.3%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 7.0%
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 Busselton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA51260/busselton/topic/mobility-location