32.6% —
Lower than 73% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 42.8%
- 2021: 32.6%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
East Pilbara · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in East Pilbara
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 15.5% of the population in East Pilbara, which is higher than the national figure. While many people have come from abroad, fewer residents have moved between homes recently compared to other parts of the country.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Only 32.6% of people moved house in the last five years, which is well below the 39% seen across Western Australia. This is a downward trend, as the figure fell 10 percentage points since 2016.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
The proportion of people who arrived from overseas recently is 15.5%, well above the Western Australian figure of 10.6%. This has remained steady since 2016, when it sat at 14.8%.
15.5% —
Higher than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 14.8%
- 2021: 15.5%
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 East Pilbara [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/510021267/east-pilbara/topic/mobility-location