45.4% ▼ -0.6%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 45.6%
- 2016: 49.7%
- 2021: 45.4%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Dampier · Suburb / Locality
Migration & Movement in Dampier
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Almost half of all residents, 45.4%, have moved to Dampier within the last five years. This reflects a highly mobile population that is far more likely to change homes than people in most other areas.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Moving is common here, with 45.4% of people arriving in the last five years. This is well above the national figure of 40.7% and the Western Australian rate of 39.0%.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Overseas arrivals make up 11.5% of the population, which is higher than most similar areas. This is about the same as the Western Australian figure of 10.6% and a little below the Australian average of 14.5%.
11.5% ▲ +34.6%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.5%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 11.5%
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 Dampier [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50378/dampier/topic/mobility-location