37.8% ▼ -5.2%
Higher than 65% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 39.9%
- 2016: 43.5%
- 2021: 37.8%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Swan · Council (LGA)
Migration & Movement in Swan
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Nearly 38% of people in Swan have changed their address in the last five years. While more people are moving here than in most similar areas, the number of new arrivals from overseas has dropped significantly over the last decade.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 37.8% of residents moved home in the last five years, which is higher than most similar areas. This figure is a little below the state and national figures, and has fallen 2.1 percentage points since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 7.7% of the population, which is lower than most areas. This is well below the national figure of 14.5% and represents a sharp drop from 16.6% in 2011.
7.7% ▼ -53.9%
Lower than 68% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 16.6%
- 2016: 14.4%
- 2021: 7.7%
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 Swan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA58050/swan/topic/mobility-location