31.5% ▼ -7.3%
Lower than 77% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 34.0%
- 2016: 33.8%
- 2021: 31.5%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Thornlie · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in Thornlie
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Far fewer people have moved into Thornlie recently compared to the rest of the country. Only 31.5% of residents arrived in the last five years, which is well below the national figure of 40.7%. This suggests a very stable population where most people stay put for long periods.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
The proportion of people who moved home in the last five years is 31.5%, which is much lower than most areas. This figure has fallen by 2.5 percentage points since 2011 and sits well below the Western Australian average of 39.0%.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 9.5% of the population, a figure that has fallen sharply by 9.7 percentage points since 2011. This is a little below the state average and well below the Australian figure of 14.5%.
9.5% ▼ -50.3%
Lower than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 19.2%
- 2016: 16.3%
- 2021: 9.5%
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 Thornlie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/506041137/thornlie/topic/mobility-location