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Barrow Island · Suburb / Locality

Migration & Movement in Barrow Island

How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.

Far fewer people have moved into Barrow Island recently than in most other areas. Only 20% of the population arrived in the last five years, a figure that is much lower than the national trend.

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📍 Barrow Island, Suburb / Locality

Where Barrow Island sits — People who moved in the last 5 years

20.0% —

All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Barrow Island — lower than 85% of areas.

Barrow Island20.0%
6712, WA 20.0%
Western Australia 39.0%
Australia 40.7%

Moving home

People who moved in the last five years.

Just 20% of residents moved here in the last five years. This is far below the Western Australian figure of 39% and the national rate of 40.7%.

People who moved in the last 5 years

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20.0% —

Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.

Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.

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 Barrow Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50076/barrow-island/topic/mobility-location