28.1% ▼ -1.1%
Lower than 74% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 28.4%
- 2016: 25.9%
- 2021: 28.1%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
6236, WA · Postcode
Migration & Movement in 6236, WA
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Only 28.1% of people in postcode 6236 moved house in the five years before the 2021 Census. This is far below the national figure of 40.7%, suggesting a very stable population where most residents have lived for a long time.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Far fewer people have moved here recently compared to most other areas. The 28.1% who changed homes in the last five years is well below the Western Australian figure of 39%, and this trend has barely changed since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Overseas arrivals make up just 3.3% of the population, which is much lower than the 14.5% seen across Australia. While this is well below the state average, the proportion of recent arrivals from overseas rose 1.6 percentage points since 2011.
3.3% ▲ +95.8%
Lower than 76% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 1.7%
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 3.3%
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 6236, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6236/6236-wa/topic/mobility-location