41.0% ▼ -7.2%
Higher than 63% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 44.2%
- 2016: 42.6%
- 2021: 41.0%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Rockingham · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in Rockingham
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Far fewer people have moved here from abroad compared to the rest of the country, making Rockingham a place where migration is mainly internal. While 41% of residents have changed homes in the last five years, only 5.5% arrived from overseas recently.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
More people have moved into Rockingham in the last five years than in most other areas. This rate of 41% is a little above the Western Australian figure of 39%, though it has fallen since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 5.5% of the population, which is much lower than most areas. This figure is well below the national average of 14.5% and has fallen by 11 points since 2011.
5.5% ▼ -67.1%
Lower than 82% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 16.6%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 5.5%
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 Rockingham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/507051188/rockingham/topic/mobility-location