37.4% ▼ -22.3%
Higher than 63% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 48.1%
- 2016: 45.6%
- 2021: 37.4%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Wanneroo · Council (LGA)
Migration & Movement in Wanneroo
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
A sharp drop in new arrivals has changed the face of Wanneroo since 2011. While 37.4% of people moved here in the last five years, the share of recent overseas arrivals has plummeted from 24.1% to just 6.9% over the last decade. This makes the area feel much more settled than it was ten years ago.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 37.4% of residents moved home in the last five years, which is higher than most areas. This figure is a little below the Western Australian average and well below the national figure, having fallen 11 percentage points since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 6.9% of the population, a figure that is lower than most areas. This is well below both the state and national figures, marking a significant 17 percentage point drop since 2011.
6.9% ▼ -71.2%
Lower than 72% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 24.1%
- 2016: 15.4%
- 2021: 6.9%
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 Wanneroo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA58760/wanneroo/topic/mobility-location