42.6% ▼ -15.4%
Higher than 84% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 50.3%
- 2016: 46.1%
- 2021: 42.6%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Kalgoorlie-Boulder · Council (LGA)
Migration & Movement in Kalgoorlie-Boulder
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Far more people have recently moved to Kalgoorlie-Boulder than in most other parts of the country. Around 42.6% of residents arrived within the last five years, making it a highly mobile area compared to the rest of Western Australia. This tendency to move is mirrored by a high number of overseas arrivals.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 42.6% of people moved here in the last five years, which is well above the Western Australian figure of 39%. While this remains much higher than most areas, the proportion of new arrivals fell 7.8 points since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 17.7% of the population, a figure well above the national average of 14.5%. This is much higher than in most other areas, though it has fallen 23 points since 2011.
17.7% ▼ -56.4%
Higher than 75% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 40.6%
- 2016: 23.0%
- 2021: 17.7%
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 Kalgoorlie-Boulder [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA54280/kalgoorlie-boulder/topic/mobility-location