41.7% —
Higher than 65% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 46.1%
- 2021: 41.7%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Kununurra · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in Kununurra
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
More than four in ten people in Kununurra have changed homes in the last five years, reflecting a highly mobile population. This movement is driven by a mix of locals shifting house and a very high number of overseas arrivals compared to the rest of the country.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Around 41.7% of residents moved here in the last five years, which is higher than most areas and a little above the Western Australian figure. This is a drop from 2016, when 46.1% of the population had recently moved.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 22.9% of the community, which is far above the Western Australian figure and well above the national average. While still much higher than most areas, this proportion fell from 27.0% in 2016.
22.9% —
Higher than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 27.0%
- 2021: 22.9%
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 Kununurra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/510011265/kununurra/topic/mobility-location