43.6% ▼ -7.2%
Higher than 83% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 47.0%
- 2016: 47.2%
- 2021: 43.6%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
6537, WA · Postcode
Migration & Movement in 6537, WA
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Far more people have moved into postcode 6537 from overseas than the state or national average. Nearly 30% of residents arrived from another country recently, making this one of the most mobile areas in the region. This trend is part of a broader pattern of movement, as many residents have changed homes in the last few years.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 43.6% of people here moved house in the last five years, which is much higher than most areas. This is well above the Western Australian figure of 39%, though the rate has fallen slightly since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 29.8% of the population, a figure far above the 10.6% seen across Western Australia. This proportion has risen sharply by 22 percentage points since 2011.
29.8% ▲ +297.4%
Higher than 94% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 7.5%
- 2016: 18.9%
- 2021: 29.8%
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 6537, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6537/6537-wa/topic/mobility-location