35.7% ▼ -4.0%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.2%
- 2016: 39.2%
- 2021: 35.7%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
West Beach · Suburb / Locality
Migration & Movement in West Beach
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
More than 15% of West Beach residents have arrived from overseas recently, a figure that is much higher than most similar areas. While the suburb is welcoming to newcomers from abroad, a smaller proportion of its total population has moved house recently compared to the national average.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 35.7% of people here have moved home in the last five years. This is higher than most similar areas, though it sits a little below the South Australian figure and well below the national average.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 15.2% of the population, which is much higher than in most similar areas. This represents a level of recent overseas migration that is about the same as both the state and national figures.
15.2% ▼ -32.1%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.3%
- 2016: 20.4%
- 2021: 15.2%
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 Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41564/west-beach/topic/mobility-location