50.7% —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 45.0%
- 2021: 50.7%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
West Island · Suburb / Locality
Migration & Movement in West Island
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Over half of the people in West Island have moved house in the last five years. This makes it one of the most mobile areas in the country, with 50.7% of residents arriving recently.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Around 50.7% of residents moved here in the last five years, which is far above the figures for Other Territories (30.2%) and Australia (40.7%). This is among the highest rates of movement seen in similar areas.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 13.6% of the population, which is much higher than most areas and well above the 5.6% seen in Other Territories. This figure is about the same as the national average of 14.5%.
13.6% —
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
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 West Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL90005/west-island/topic/mobility-location