35.2% ▼ -3.2%
Higher than 57% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 36.3%
- 2016: 36.9%
- 2021: 35.2%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
6147, WA · Postcode
Migration & Movement in 6147, WA
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Far fewer people have arrived from overseas in postcode 6147 since 2011, with the share of recent arrivals dropping by 14 percentage points. This shift is part of a broader trend in the area, where residents are now less likely to move home than people in other parts of the state.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 35.2% of residents moved house in the last five years, which is well below the national figure of 40.7%. This percentage has fallen slightly since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 10.6% of the population, a figure that is about the same as the Western Australian average but well below the national level.
10.6% ▼ -57.1%
Higher than 60% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 24.7%
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 10.6%
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 6147, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6147/6147-wa/topic/mobility-location