29.2% ▼ -21.2%
Lower than 70% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 37.1%
- 2016: 45.3%
- 2021: 29.2%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
6438, WA · Postcode
Migration & Movement in 6438, WA
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Far fewer people moved into postcode 6438 in the last five years compared to most of the country, with only 29.2% of residents changing homes. While it has seen fewer internal movers, it remains an area where people from overseas are more likely to settle than in other parts of Western Australia.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Only 29.2% of people moved house in the last five years, a figure that is far below the Australian average of 40.7%. This rate of movement has also fallen by 7.9 percentage points since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 13.7% of the population, which is well above the Western Australian figure of 10.6%. This proportion of new overseas arrivals has fallen by 4.3 percentage points since 2011.
13.7% ▼ -23.9%
Higher than 71% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 18.1%
- 2016: 20.1%
- 2021: 13.7%
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 6438, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6438/6438-wa/topic/mobility-location