37.5% ▼ -23.6%
Higher than 64% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 49.1%
- 2016: 43.3%
- 2021: 37.5%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Capel · Council (LGA)
Migration & Movement in Capel
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
A sharp drop in new arrivals has defined Capel since 2011. While 37.5% of residents moved here in the last five years, this is well below the national figure of 40.7%. The area has become much less mobile over the last decade, with fewer people moving in from both across the country and overseas.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 37.5% of people moved to Capel in the last five years, which is higher than most similar areas. However, this is a little below the Western Australian figure and has fallen by 12 points since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 8.5% of the population, a figure that is lower than most areas and well below the national average of 14.5%. This is a significant decline from 2011, when the proportion was 27.3%.
8.5% ▼ -68.9%
Lower than 64% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 27.3%
- 2016: 14.5%
- 2021: 8.5%
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).
More for Capel
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Migration & Movement in Capel [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA51400/capel/topic/mobility-location