17.1% ▼ -17.7%
Lower than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 20.8%
- 2016: 20.3%
- 2021: 17.1%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
6394, WA · Postcode
Migration & Movement in 6394, WA
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
A striking 20% of residents in postcode 6394 arrived from overseas recently, making it a place with much higher international migration than most areas. While many people have moved from abroad, very few residents have changed their address within Australia over the last few years.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Only 17.1% of people moved home in the last five years, which is far below the national figure of 40.7%. This rate has fallen since 2011, placing the area among the lowest for internal movement.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Overseas arrivals have risen sharply to 20% since 2011. This is well above the 10.6% seen across Western Australia and the 14.5% national average.
20.0% ▲ —
Higher than 86% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 20.0%
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 6394, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6394/6394-wa/topic/mobility-location