43.1% ▲ +2.2%
Higher than 86% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 42.2%
- 2016: 42.2%
- 2021: 43.1%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Fremantle · Council (LGA)
Migration & Movement in Fremantle
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Over 43% of people in Fremantle have moved house in the last five years, making it a very mobile place to live. This high turnover of residents means the community is constantly changing as new people arrive and others move on.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Movement is much higher here than in most areas, with 43.1% of residents arriving in the last five years. This figure is well above the Western Australian average of 39.0% and has risen slightly since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 10.1% of the population, which is about the same as the state average. However, this is well below the national figure of 14.5% and has fallen sharply from 17.6% in 2011.
10.1% ▼ -42.5%
Lower than 56% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 17.6%
- 2016: 14.9%
- 2021: 10.1%
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 Fremantle [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA53430/fremantle/topic/mobility-location