54.5% —
Higher than 88% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Rivervale · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Over half of the people in Rivervale have moved house in the last five years. This high turnover is driven by a strong flow of both local and international arrivals, making it a very mobile area.
People who moved in the last five years.
A striking 54.5% of residents moved here within the last five years, which is far above the Western Australian figure of 39.0% and the national rate of 40.7%. This level of movement is much higher than most other similar areas.
54.5% —
Higher than 88% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Overseas arrivals make up 19.2% of the population. This is well above the figures for both Western Australia (10.6%) and Australia (14.5%), and is much higher than in most other areas.
19.2% —
Higher than 81% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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 Rivervale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/506021311/rivervale/topic/mobility-location