42.1% ▼ -7.7%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 45.6%
- 2016: 36.7%
- 2021: 42.1%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Bluff Point · Suburb / Locality
Migration & Movement in Bluff Point
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
More than four out of ten people in Bluff Point have moved house recently, making it a highly mobile community. This churn is driven by both local relocations and a steady flow of newcomers from abroad, with 12.1% of residents arriving from overseas in recent years.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
A high 42.1% of residents moved here in the last five years, which is much higher than most similar areas and well above the Western Australian figure of 39.0%.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 12.1% of the population. This is higher than most areas and a little above the state figure, though it sits a little below the national average of 14.5%.
12.1% ▼ -46.9%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.7%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 12.1%
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 Bluff Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50132/bluff-point/topic/mobility-location