45.6% ▼ -4.1%
Higher than 79% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 47.5%
- 2016: 47.5%
- 2021: 45.6%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
South Perth · Sub-region (SA3)
Migration & Movement in South Perth
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Nearly half of all residents in South Perth have changed their address in the last five years. This high turnover makes the area much more mobile than most other places in the country. While it remains a popular destination, the number of people moving from overseas has dropped significantly over the last decade.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 45.6% of people moved house in the last five years, a figure well above the national average of 40.7%. This rate is much higher than most similar areas, although it has fallen slightly since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 14.0% of the population, which is about the same as the national figure. This represents a sharp decline from 2011, when the proportion of new arrivals was 29.6%.
14.0% ▼ -52.8%
Higher than 57% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 29.6%
- 2016: 23.8%
- 2021: 14.0%
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 South Perth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/50607/south-perth/topic/mobility-location