43.3% —
Higher than 72% of state electorate areas.
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Cannington (South Metropolitan) · State Electorate
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Almost one in five residents of Cannington have arrived from overseas recently, making it a high-growth area for new migrants. This openness to new arrivals is mirrored in a high rate of local movement, with many people changing homes over the last five years.
People who moved in the last five years.
People move into Cannington more often than in most other areas. About 43.3% of residents changed homes in the last five years, which is well above the Western Australian figure of 39%.
43.3% —
Higher than 72% of state electorate areas.
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
New arrivals from overseas make up 18.4% of the population. This is much higher than most areas and sits well above both the national figure of 14.5% and the state's 10.6%.
18.4% —
Higher than 77% of state electorate areas.
Share of overseas-born residents who arrived in Australia in the five years before the census.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Migration & Movement in Cannington (South Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED51205/cannington/topic/mobility-location