51.6% —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 36.6%
- 2021: 51.6%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Fortescue · Suburb / Locality
Migration & Movement in Fortescue
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
More people have moved into Fortescue recently than in most similar areas. Over half the population has arrived within the last five years, making it a highly mobile community compared to the rest of the country.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
A striking 51.6% of people moved here in the last five years, which is far above the Western Australian figure of 39.0% and the national average of 40.7%.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 9.5% of the population, a figure that is higher than most areas but well below the Australian average of 14.5%.
9.5% —
Higher than 62% 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 Fortescue [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50519/fortescue/topic/mobility-location