41.2% ▲ +1.7%
Higher than 64% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 40.5%
- 2016: 42.3%
- 2021: 41.2%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Riverton - Shelley - Rossmoyne · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in Riverton - Shelley - Rossmoyne
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
A sharp drop in overseas arrivals is the main story for Riverton - Shelley - Rossmoyne, where the share of recent migrants fell by 17 percentage points since 2011. While new arrivals from abroad have decreased, the area remains relatively mobile, with over 40% of residents having changed homes in the last five years.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 41.2% of people moved home in the last five years, which is higher than most similar areas. This figure is a little above the Western Australian average of 39% and has barely changed since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 11.1% of the population, a figure that is about the same as the state average but well below the national figure of 14.5%.
11.1% ▼ -60.0%
Higher than 51% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 27.6%
- 2016: 20.6%
- 2021: 11.1%
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 Riverton - Shelley - Rossmoyne [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/506031129/riverton-shelley-rossmoyne/topic/mobility-location