33.6% ▼ -24.1%
Lower than 69% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 44.2%
- 2016: 39.9%
- 2021: 33.6%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Port Kennedy · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in Port Kennedy
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Only 33.6% of people in Port Kennedy moved house in the last five years, which is well below the national figure. This highlights a community where residents are far more likely to stay put compared to other parts of Australia.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
The proportion of people who moved recently is lower than most areas, sitting 7.1 percentage points below the Australian average. This stability is a growing trend, as the share of movers fell by 11 points since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up just 5.2% of the population, which is much lower than most areas and well below the Western Australian figure of 10.6%. This is a sharp drop from 2011, when 22.2% of residents had arrived from overseas recently.
5.2% ▼ -76.6%
Lower than 84% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 22.2%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 5.2%
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 Port Kennedy [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/507051187/port-kennedy/topic/mobility-location