45.7% ▼ -16.7%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 54.9%
- 2016: 50.6%
- 2021: 45.7%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Kununurra · Suburb / Locality
Migration & Movement in Kununurra
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Nearly half of all residents in Kununurra have moved house in the last five years, marking a significant shift in the local population. This movement is driven by both domestic changes and a very high number of people arriving from overseas.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 45.7% of people here changed homes in the last five years. This is much higher than most areas, and well above the 39% seen across Western Australia.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 22.7% of the population. This is far above the state figure of 10.6% and well above the national average of 14.5%.
22.7% ▼ -27.7%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.4%
- 2016: 26.4%
- 2021: 22.7%
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 Kununurra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50799/kununurra/topic/mobility-location