36.0% ▲ +2.1%
Lower than 76% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 35.3%
- 2016: 33.1%
- 2021: 36.0%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
West and North West · Region (SA4)
Migration & Movement in West and North West
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
More people have moved here from overseas since 2011, though West and North West remains a place where residents tend to stay put. While recent overseas arrivals have risen to 13.6%, the proportion of people moving home generally remains well below the national figure.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 36% of people moved house in the last five years, which is much lower than most areas. This figure is a little below the Tasmania average and has barely changed since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 13.6% of the population, a figure that has risen since 2011. This is about the same as the Australian average, though it is well below the figure for Tasmania.
13.6% ▲ +37.0%
Lower than 52% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 9.9%
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 13.6%
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 West and North West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa4/604/west-and-north-west/topic/mobility-location