48.5% ▲ +11.2%
Higher than 88% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 43.6%
- 2016: 48.2%
- 2021: 48.5%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
6159, WA · Postcode
Migration & Movement in 6159, WA
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Nearly half of all residents in postcode 6159 have moved house recently, a figure well above the national average. This area has seen a significant increase in people changing homes over the last decade, though the number of new arrivals from overseas has dropped sharply.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Almost 48.5% of people moved here in the last five years, which is much higher than most areas. This figure has risen since 2011 and sits well above the 39% seen across Western Australia.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 10.3% of the population, which is about the same as the state average. This is a significant drop from 2011, when the figure was 21%, and remains well below the national level of 14.5%.
10.3% ▼ -50.9%
Higher than 59% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 21.0%
- 2016: 15.9%
- 2021: 10.3%
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 6159, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6159/6159-wa/topic/mobility-location