47.5% ▼ -5.6%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 50.3%
- 2016: 51.7%
- 2021: 47.5%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Westminster · Suburb / Locality
Migration & Movement in Westminster
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Nearly half of all residents in Westminster have moved house recently, making it a highly mobile area. This constant churn of people is seen in both local house moves and a high number of new arrivals from overseas.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Almost 47.5% of people moved into the area in the last five years. This is much higher than most other areas and well above the national figure of 40.7%.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 17.5% of the population. This is well above the Western Australian figure of 10.6% and much higher than most similar areas.
17.5% ▼ -41.3%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.9%
- 2016: 29.1%
- 2021: 17.5%
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 Westminster [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51588/westminster/topic/mobility-location