50.2% ▼ -2.7%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 51.5%
- 2016: 50.9%
- 2021: 50.2%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
South Perth · Suburb / Locality
Migration & Movement in South Perth
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
More people have moved into South Perth recently than in previous years, with over half the population arriving in the last five years. This high churn is driven by both internal migration and a strong flow of people arriving from overseas.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Over half of the residents in South Perth moved here in the last five years. At 50.2%, this is among the highest rates for similar areas and sits well above the national figure of 40.7%.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 16.5% of the population. This is much higher than most areas and is well above the Western Australian figure of 10.6%.
16.5% ▼ -51.6%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.2%
- 2016: 26.8%
- 2021: 16.5%
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 South Perth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51381/south-perth/topic/mobility-location