36.1% ▼ -7.8%
Lower than 58% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 39.1%
- 2016: 39.9%
- 2021: 36.1%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Safety Bay - Shoalwater · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
A smaller proportion of people have moved recently compared to most areas, making Safety Bay - Shoalwater a relatively stable place to live. Just 4.1% of residents arrived from overseas recently, which is far below the national figure.
People who moved in the last five years.
About 36.1% of people moved home in the last five years, which is well below the Australian average of 40.7%. This figure has fallen by 3 points since 2011.
36.1% ▼ -7.8%
Lower than 58% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Only 4.1% of the population arrived from overseas recently, a figure that is much lower than most areas and well below the Western Australian average. This has seen a sharp drop of 11 points since 2011.
4.1% ▼ -72.7%
Lower than 90% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of overseas-born residents who arrived in Australia in the five years before the census.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Migration & Movement in Safety Bay - Shoalwater [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/507051190/safety-bay-shoalwater/topic/mobility-location