33.8% —
Lower than 78% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2016: 37.9%
- 2021: 33.8%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Mid West · Sub-region (SA3)
Migration & Movement in Mid West
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Far fewer people are moving into the Mid West than in other parts of the country. Only 33.8% of residents have changed homes in the last five years, making it a place where people tend to stay put longer than they do in the rest of Western Australia.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
The proportion of people who moved in the last five years fell by 4.1 percentage points since 2016. At 33.8%, this is well below the national figure of 40.7%.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 8.7% of the population, which is well below the Australian average of 14.5%. This figure has dropped significantly from 15.8% in 2016.
8.7% —
Lower than 71% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2016: 15.8%
- 2021: 8.7%
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 Mid West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/51104/mid-west/topic/mobility-location