34.7% ▲ +1.3%
Lower than 73% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 34.3%
- 2016: 32.0%
- 2021: 34.7%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
West Coast · Sub-region (SA3)
Migration & Movement in West Coast
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Fewer people are moving in and out of the West Coast compared to other parts of the country. This stability is seen in the 34.7% of residents who moved house in the last five years, a figure that has barely changed over the last decade.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 34.7% of residents moved in the last five years, which is lower than most areas. This is a little below the Tasmania figure of 37.4% and well below the national rate of 40.7%.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 12.8% of the population, which is around the middle for similar areas. This is well below the state figure of 17.7% and fell slightly from 14.0% in 2011.
12.8% ▼ -8.5%
Higher than 51% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 14.0%
- 2016: 9.6%
- 2021: 12.8%
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 West Coast [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/60403/west-coast/topic/mobility-location