44.2% ▼ -20.0%
Higher than 87% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 55.3%
- 2016: 49.0%
- 2021: 44.2%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
East Pilbara · Council (LGA)
Migration & Movement in East Pilbara
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Significant drops in mobility have occurred in East Pilbara since 2011, though it remains a highly transient place. More than 44% of residents have moved house in the last five years, which is well above the national figure.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 44.2% of people moved home in the last five years, a figure that is much higher than most areas. This is well above the 39% seen across Western Australia, though it has fallen 11 points since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 17.5% of the population, which is well above both the state and national figures. This proportion has fallen sharply by 16 points since 2011.
17.5% ▼ -48.1%
Higher than 74% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 33.7%
- 2016: 20.5%
- 2021: 17.5%
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).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Migration & Movement in East Pilbara [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA53220/east-pilbara/topic/mobility-location