33.2% —
Lower than 70% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 34.2%
- 2021: 33.2%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Carnarvon · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in Carnarvon
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Far fewer people have moved into Carnarvon recently compared to the rest of the country, with only 33.2% of residents arriving in the last five years. While local movement is low, the town attracts more people from abroad than most similar areas.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Just 33.2% of people moved here in the last five years, which is well below the Western Australian figure of 39.0%. This rate is also much lower than the national average and has fallen slightly since 2016.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 15.2% of the population, a figure well above the Western Australian average of 10.6%. This is about the same as the national figure, though it has dropped from 19.3% in 2016.
15.2% —
Higher than 70% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 19.3%
- 2021: 15.2%
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 Carnarvon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/511021276/carnarvon/topic/mobility-location