32.8% ▼ -11.9%
Lower than 91% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 37.3%
- 2016: 34.8%
- 2021: 32.8%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Western Australia - Wheat Belt · Region (SA4)
Migration & Movement in Western Australia - Wheat Belt
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Fewer people have moved into the Western Australia - Wheat Belt since 2011. Only 32.8% of residents arrived in the last five years, a figure that is well below the national average and reflects a general decline in mobility for the region.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 32.8% of people moved here in the last five years, which is much lower than most areas. This figure is well below the 40.7% national average and has fallen 4.4 percentage points since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 8.1% of the population, which is much lower than most areas. This is well below the Australian figure of 14.5% and represents a drop of 6.5 percentage points since 2011.
8.1% ▼ -44.6%
Lower than 84% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 14.7%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 8.1%
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 Western Australia - Wheat Belt [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa4/509/western-australia-wheat-belt/topic/mobility-location