53.1% ▲ +4.5%
Higher than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 50.9%
- 2016: 53.8%
- 2021: 53.1%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Bentley - Wilson - St James · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in Bentley - Wilson - St James
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
More than half of the people in Bentley - Wilson - St James have moved house since 2011, though the number of new overseas arrivals has dropped. Today, 53.1% of residents have changed homes in the last five years, making it a very mobile area compared to the rest of the state.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
A high 53.1% of people moved house in the last five years, which is far above the 39% seen across Western Australia. This trend has risen slightly since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 29.3% of the population, far above the national figure of 14.5%. While this remains among the highest rates for similar areas, it has fallen by 15 percentage points since 2011.
29.3% ▼ -33.2%
Higher than 93% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 43.8%
- 2016: 38.5%
- 2021: 29.3%
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 Bentley - Wilson - St James [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/506031124/bentley-wilson-st-james/topic/mobility-location