30.5% —
Lower than 81% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 35.2%
- 2021: 30.5%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Irwin · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in Irwin
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Far fewer people move into or out of Irwin compared to other parts of the country. Only 30.5% of residents have changed homes in the last five years, suggesting a very stable own-community where people tend to stay put for a long time.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Moving is uncommon here, with 30.5% of people changing homes in the last five years. This is far below the national figure of 40.7% and has fallen by 4.8 percentage points since 2016.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up just 3.5% of the population, which is among the lowest for similar areas. This figure is well below the Western Australian average of 10.6% and has barely changed since 2016.
3.5% —
Lower than 94% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 3.5%
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 Irwin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/511041289/irwin/topic/mobility-location