38.9% ▼ -4.3%
Higher than 71% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 40.6%
- 2016: 40.6%
- 2021: 38.9%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
6157, WA · Postcode
Migration & Movement in 6157, WA
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Nearly 39% of people in postcode 6157 have changed homes in the last five years. This means the area sees a steady flow of new residents, though the number of people arriving from overseas has dropped significantly since 2011.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 38.9% of residents moved house recently, which is higher than most similar areas. This figure is about the same as the Western Australian average and slightly lower than the national figure.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Only 7.5% of people are recent arrivals from overseas, a figure that is well below both the state and national averages. This is a sharp decline from 2011, when 16.5% of the population had recently arrived from abroad.
7.5% ▼ -54.8%
Lower than 55% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 16.5%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 7.5%
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 6157, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6157/6157-wa/topic/mobility-location