34.5% ▼ -21.3%
Higher than 54% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 43.9%
- 2016: 38.8%
- 2021: 34.5%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
6415, WA · Postcode
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Sharp declines in movement define postcode 6415, where the number of people arriving from overseas has plummeted since 2011. This area is now much less mobile than the rest of the country, with fewer people moving house or arriving from abroad.
People who moved in the last five years.
About 34.5% of people moved house in the last five years, which is well below the national figure of 40.7%. This reflects a downward trend, as the proportion of movers fell by 9.3 percentage points since 2011.
34.5% ▼ -21.3%
Higher than 54% of postcode areas.
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 6.2% of the population, a figure that is well below the Western Australian average of 10.6%. This is a significant drop from 2011, when the share of recent arrivals was 34.1%.
6.2% ▼ -81.8%
Lower than 62% of postcode areas.
Share of overseas-born residents who arrived in Australia in the five years before the census.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Migration & Movement in 6415, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6415/6415-wa/topic/mobility-location