40.9% ▼ -0.5%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 41.1%
- 2016: 41.9%
- 2021: 40.9%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Shelley · Suburb / Locality
Migration & Movement in Shelley
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
More people have moved into Shelley over the last five years than in previous census periods. Around 41% of residents have changed homes recently, a rate of movement that is much higher than most similar areas.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 40.9% of the community moved house in the last five years. This is a little above the Western Australian figure of 39.0% and roughly the same as the national average.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 11.4% of the population. This is higher than most similar areas and about the same as the state average, though it is well below the national figure of 14.5%.
11.4% ▼ -57.0%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.4%
- 2016: 17.5%
- 2021: 11.4%
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 Shelley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51345/shelley/topic/mobility-location