26.9% ▼ -22.3%
Lower than 92% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 34.6%
- 2016: 30.3%
- 2021: 26.9%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Dowerin · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in Dowerin
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Only 26.9% of people in Dowerin have moved home in the last five years, making it one of the most stable areas for residency. This low turnover is paired with a small number of new arrivals from overseas, showing a community where most residents have lived for a long time.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Far fewer people have moved here recently compared to the state and national figures, with only 26.9% changing homes since 2016. This figure has fallen 7.7 percentage points since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 5.5% of the population, which is well below both the Western Australian and national averages. This is a sharp drop from 2011, when the figure was 17.6%.
5.5% ▼ -68.8%
Lower than 82% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 17.6%
- 2016: 10.2%
- 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 Dowerin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/509021238/dowerin/topic/mobility-location