38.9% —
Higher than 51% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2016: 43.5%
- 2021: 38.9%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Kimberley · Sub-region (SA3)
Migration & Movement in Kimberley
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Far more people have recently arrived from overseas in Kimberley than in other parts of the state. About 21.3% of residents moved here from another country recently, which is well above the national figure. This makes the region stand out for its high proportion of new international arrivals.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Around 38.9% of people moved home in the last five years, which is about the same as the Western Australian average. This figure has fallen by 4.6 percentage points since 2016.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 21.3% of the population, a figure far above the 10.6% seen across Western Australia. While this is much higher than most areas, the proportion fell by 3.3 percentage points since 2016.
21.3% —
Higher than 86% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2016: 24.6%
- 2021: 21.3%
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 Kimberley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/51001/kimberley/topic/mobility-location