36.8% —
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 19.0%
- 2021: 36.8%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Capricorn · Suburb / Locality
Migration & Movement in Capricorn
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
A strong flow of new arrivals defines the social makeup of Capricorn. This area sees a much higher share of overseas migrants than most other similar places, creating a population that is more globally connected than the typical Australian community.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 36.8% of people moved here in the last five years, which is higher than most similar areas. This figure is a little below the Western Australian rate of 39% and well below the national figure of 40.7%.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Overseas arrivals are very common here, with 21.4% of people arriving from another country recently. This is far above the Western Australian figure of 10.6% and well above the national average of 14.5%.
21.4% —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
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 Capricorn [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50253/capricorn/topic/mobility-location