57.1% ▲ +2.1%
Higher than 99% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 56.0%
- 2016: 60.3%
- 2021: 57.1%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Port Hedland · Council (LGA)
Migration & Movement in Port Hedland
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Over half of all residents in Port Hedland have moved house in the last five years. This high turnover makes the area one of the most mobile places in the region, with 57.1% of people arriving recently.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
A far higher proportion of people moved here in the last five years compared to the state and national figures. This trend has risen slightly since 2011, with 57.1% of the population being new arrivals.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
People who arrived from overseas more recently make up 17.5% of the population, which is well above the national figure. However, this is a significant drop from 2011, when the figure was 31.0%.
17.5% ▼ -43.3%
Higher than 74% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 31.0%
- 2016: 27.5%
- 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 Port Hedland [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA57280/port-hedland/topic/mobility-location