46.1% —
Higher than 77% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 51.2%
- 2021: 46.1%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Broome · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in Broome
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Fewer people have moved into Broome recently, though it remains a highly mobile place. Nearly half of all residents arrived within the last five years, and the number of recent overseas arrivals is well above the national figure.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Nearly 46.1% of people moved here in the last five years, which is much higher than most areas and well above the Australian figure of 40.7%. This is a drop of 5.1 percentage points since 2016.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Overseas arrivals are very common here, with 19.2% of people arriving from abroad recently. This is well above the Western Australian figure of 10.6%, though it has fallen 3.8 percentage points since 2016.
19.2% —
Higher than 80% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 19.2%
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 Broome [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/510011262/broome/topic/mobility-location