42.1% ▲ +2.2%
Higher than 68% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 41.2%
- 2016: 41.4%
- 2021: 42.1%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Fremantle · Sub-region (SA3)
Migration & Movement in Fremantle
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
A shift in movement patterns has seen the proportion of recent overseas arrivals in Fremantle fall by 7.5 percentage points since 2011. While fewer people have moved here from abroad lately, the area remains dynamic, with 42.1% of residents having changed their home in the last five years.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Fremantle is more mobile than most similar areas, with 42.1% of people moving house in the last five years. This is well above the Western Australian figure of 39.0% and a little above the national rate of 40.7%.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 9.6% of the population, which is lower than most areas. This figure is well below the Australian average of 14.5% and has dropped significantly from 17.2% in 2011.
9.6% ▼ -43.9%
Lower than 66% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 17.2%
- 2016: 14.8%
- 2021: 9.6%
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).
More for Fremantle
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Migration & Movement in Fremantle [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/50702/fremantle/topic/mobility-location