43.5% ▼ -36.2%
Higher than 83% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 68.2%
- 2016: 61.9%
- 2021: 43.5%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
6171, WA · Postcode
Migration & Movement in 6171, WA
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Nearly 44% of people in postcode 6171 have moved house in the last five years. This is a high rate of movement compared to most areas, though it has dropped significantly since 2011. The area is now less of a hub for new arrivals from overseas than it used to be.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 43.5% of residents moved here in the last five years, which is well above the Western Australian figure of 39%. While this is much higher than most areas, the proportion of people moving in has fallen by 25 percentage points since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 7.4% of the population, a figure that is well below both the state and national averages. This is a sharp decline from 2011, when 29.2% of the area were recent arrivals.
7.4% ▼ -74.8%
Lower than 55% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 29.2%
- 2016: 21.0%
- 2021: 7.4%
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 6171, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6171/6171-wa/topic/mobility-location