39.2% ▼ -7.4%
Higher than 53% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 42.3%
- 2016: 43.1%
- 2021: 39.2%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Perth - South West · Region (SA4)
Migration & Movement in Perth - South West
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
A sharp drop in overseas arrivals has shifted the movement patterns in Perth - South West since 2011. While nearly 40% of people have changed homes in the last five years, the share of the population arriving from overseas has fallen significantly over the last decade.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 39.2% of residents moved house in the five years before the census. This is about the same as the Western Australian figure and slightly lower than the national rate of 40.7%.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 7.8% of the population, which is much lower than most other areas. This figure has fallen 12 points since 2011 and sits well below the Australian average of 14.5%.
7.8% ▼ -61.3%
Lower than 86% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 20.2%
- 2016: 16.5%
- 2021: 7.8%
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 Perth - South West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa4/507/perth-south-west/topic/mobility-location