22.8% ▼ -52.1%
Lower than 89% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 47.6%
- 2016: 34.8%
- 2021: 22.8%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
6638, WA · Postcode
Migration & Movement in 6638, WA
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
A sharp decline in mobility defines postcode 6638, where the proportion of people moving homes has plummeted over the last decade. Only 22.8% of residents moved in the last five years, a figure far below the national average.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Few people have moved into the area recently, with the 22.8% movement rate sitting far below the Western Australian figure of 39%. This is a significant drop from 2011, when 47.6% of the population had moved in the previous five years.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 9.8% of the population, which is about the same as the state average. However, this is well below the national figure of 14.5% and represents a steep fall from 30.3% in 2011.
9.8% ▼ -67.8%
Higher than 57% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 30.3%
- 2016: 30.0%
- 2021: 9.8%
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 6638, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6638/6638-wa/topic/mobility-location