52.1% —
Higher than 90% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2016: 55.4%
- 2021: 52.1%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
East Pilbara · Sub-region (SA3)
Migration & Movement in East Pilbara
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Fewer people have moved into East Pilbara recently, though it remains a highly transient region. Over half of the population has changed homes in the last five years, which is far above the national figure.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
More than half of the residents, 52.1%, moved here in the last five years. This is among the highest rates for similar areas and sits far above the 40.7% national figure, though the rate fell 3.3 points since 2016.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 17.6% of the population, which is well above both the state and national figures. This proportion has dropped by 7.0 points since the 2016 census.
17.6% —
Higher than 74% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2016: 24.6%
- 2021: 17.6%
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).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Migration & Movement in East Pilbara [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/51002/east-pilbara/topic/mobility-location