51.5% —
Higher than 96% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 61.3%
- 2021: 51.5%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Karratha · Council (LGA)
Migration & Movement in Karratha
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Over half of the people living in Karratha moved there within the last five years, a figure far above the national average. This creates a highly mobile population where new arrivals frequently reshape the community.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 51.5% of residents moved here in the last five years, which is far above the figures for Western Australia and the rest of the country. This rate has fallen from 61.3% since 2016.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 14.4% of the population, which is well above the state average. This is about the same as the national figure, though it has fallen 11 percentage points since 2016.
14.4% —
Higher than 61% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 14.4%
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 Karratha [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA54310/karratha/topic/mobility-location