52.2% ▲ +4.7%
Higher than 90% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 49.9%
- 2016: 51.2%
- 2021: 52.2%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Perth City · Sub-region (SA3)
Migration & Movement in Perth City
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Over half of all residents in Perth City have moved house in the last five years, making it one of the most mobile areas in the country. This high turnover is driven by both local movement and a significant number of people arriving from overseas.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 52.2% of people moved here in the last five years, which is far above the Western Australia figure of 39.0%. This proportion has risen by 2.3 percentage points since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 23.1% of the population, a figure well above the national average of 14.5%. This is much higher than most other areas, although the share has fallen by 11 percentage points since 2011.
23.1% ▼ -31.7%
Higher than 88% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 33.9%
- 2016: 30.4%
- 2021: 23.1%
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 Perth City [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/50302/perth-city/topic/mobility-location