51.8% ▼ -42.1%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 89.3%
- 2016: 74.8%
- 2021: 51.8%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Piara Waters · Suburb / Locality
Migration & Movement in Piara Waters
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Over half of the people in Piara Waters have moved house in the last five years, which is far above the national rate. This high level of movement makes it one of the most mobile areas in the region, driven by both local relocations and international arrivals.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
A striking 51.8% of residents moved into the area in the last five years. This is far above the 39.0% seen across Western Australia and the 40.7% national figure, placing it among the highest for movement at this level.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 11.8% of the population. This is higher than most areas and a little above the Western Australian figure of 10.6%, though it sits a little below the Australian average of 14.5%.
11.8% ▼ -67.4%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.2%
- 2016: 22.9%
- 2021: 11.8%
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 Piara Waters [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51234/piara-waters/topic/mobility-location