41.6% ▼ -9.9%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 46.1%
- 2016: 42.3%
- 2021: 41.6%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Broome · Suburb / Locality
Migration & Movement in Broome
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
A quarter of the people in Broome arrived from overseas recently, making it a remarkably diverse place to live. This high level of international arrival, combined with a large number of internal movers, means the local population changes frequently.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
People move into the area often, with 41.6% of residents arriving in the last five years. This is much higher than most similar areas and sits slightly above the Western Australian figure of 39.0%.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 25.6% of the population, which is among the highest rates seen for this level of area. This is far above both the national figure of 14.5% and the state average of 10.6%.
25.6% ▼ -23.6%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.5%
- 2016: 26.7%
- 2021: 25.6%
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 Broome [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50190/broome/topic/mobility-location