39.0% ▼ -1.8%
Higher than 55% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 39.7%
- 2016: 44.8%
- 2021: 39.0%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Balga - Mirrabooka · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in Balga - Mirrabooka
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 17.3% of the population in Balga - Mirrabooka, a figure well above the state average. While many people move here from abroad, the overall rate of residents switching homes over the last five years is about the same as across Western Australia.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 39.0% of people have moved house in the last five years, which is a little below the national figure and has barely changed since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
The proportion of recent overseas arrivals is much higher than most areas at 17.3%, though this is lower than the 26.0% recorded in 2011.
17.3% ▼ -33.2%
Higher than 76% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 26.0%
- 2016: 24.2%
- 2021: 17.3%
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 Balga - Mirrabooka [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/505021085/balga-mirrabooka/topic/mobility-location