35.3% ▼ -0.5%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.4%
- 2016: 36.4%
- 2021: 35.3%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Girrawheen · Suburb / Locality
Migration & Movement in Girrawheen
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Far fewer people have moved house recently in Girrawheen compared to the rest of the country. While 35.3% of residents moved in the last five years, this is well below the national figure of 40.7%. This suggests a more settled population than is typical for Australia.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 35.3% of residents moved home in the last five years. This is higher than most similar areas, though it remains well below the Western Australian rate of 39.0%.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 11.2% of the population, which is higher than most similar areas. This figure is about the same as the state average of 10.6%, but well below the national level of 14.5%.
11.2% ▼ -47.2%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.3%
- 2016: 18.6%
- 2021: 11.2%
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 Girrawheen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50550/girrawheen/topic/mobility-location