30.8% —
Lower than 80% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 38.1%
- 2021: 30.8%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Meekatharra · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in Meekatharra
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Nearly 19% of people in Meekatharra have arrived from overseas recently, a figure well above the national average. While the area attracts new international arrivals, it has seen far fewer people moving in from other parts of the country over the last five years.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Only 30.8% of residents moved here in the last five years, which is well below the Western Australian figure of 39%. This is much lower than most areas and has fallen by 7.3 percentage points since 2016.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 18.9% of the population, which is well above both the state and national figures. This level of overseas migration has barely changed since 2016.
18.9% —
Higher than 80% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 18.2%
- 2021: 18.9%
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 Meekatharra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/511041290/meekatharra/topic/mobility-location