42.5% ▲ +1.1%
Higher than 84% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 42.1%
- 2016: 44.2%
- 2021: 42.5%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Canning · Council (LGA)
Migration & Movement in Canning
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Recent arrivals from overseas have fallen by 14 percentage points since 2011 in Canning, though the area remains a popular destination for new residents. About 42.5% of people here have moved house in the last five years, which is much higher than most similar areas.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Canning sees a high turnover of residents, with 42.5% moving in the last five years. This is well above the Western Australian figure of 39.0% and has barely changed since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Overseas arrivals make up 17.3% of the population, which is higher than most areas and well above the state average of 10.6%. This is a little above the national figure, despite a significant drop from 31.2% in 2011.
17.3% ▼ -44.4%
Higher than 73% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 31.2%
- 2016: 26.2%
- 2021: 17.3%
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 Canning [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA51330/canning/topic/mobility-location