48.1% ▲ +5.4%
Higher than 81% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 45.7%
- 2016: 45.2%
- 2021: 48.1%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Fremantle · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in Fremantle
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Nearly half of all residents in Fremantle moved here in the last five years, making it a highly mobile area. This trend has grown since 2011 and is well above both the state and national figures. While many people are arriving, the number of recent overseas arrivals has dropped significantly over the last decade.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 48.1% of people moved to Fremantle in the last five years, which is much higher than most areas. This figure is 9.1 percentage points above the Western Australian average and has risen since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 12.2% of the population, which is slightly above the state figure but a little below the national average. This is a sharp decrease from 2011, when the figure was 21.2%.
12.2% ▼ -42.5%
Higher than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 21.2%
- 2016: 17.3%
- 2021: 12.2%
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 Fremantle [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/507021165/fremantle/topic/mobility-location