50.5% ▼ -2.1%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 51.6%
- 2016: 51.5%
- 2021: 50.5%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
St James · Suburb / Locality
Migration & Movement in St James
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Over half of all residents in St James have moved house in the last five years. This high level of movement is driven by a strong influx of people from abroad, with 24.2% of the population arriving from overseas recently.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Around 50.5% of people here changed homes in the last five years. This is far above the Western Australian figure of 39% and among the highest rates for similar areas.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 24.2% of the population. This is well above the national figure of 14.5% and far above the state average.
24.2% ▼ -38.8%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 39.5%
- 2016: 32.4%
- 2021: 24.2%
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 St James [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51402/st-james/topic/mobility-location