40.0% —
Higher than 59% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 53.4%
- 2021: 40.0%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Roebourne · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in Roebourne
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Fewer people have moved into or arrived from overseas in Roebourne since 2016. While 40% of residents moved here in the last five years, the proportion of overseas arrivals has dropped sharply to 9.2%. This shift shows a town that has become less mobile over the last few years.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 40% of residents moved home in the last five years, which is about the same as the national figure. This is a notable drop from 2016, when 53.4% of the population had moved recently.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 9.2% of the population, which is well below the national figure of 14.5%. This is a steep decline from 2016, when nearly 20% of people had recently arrived from abroad.
9.2% —
Lower than 59% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 19.6%
- 2021: 9.2%
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 Roebourne [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/510031273/roebourne/topic/mobility-location