32.4% —
Lower than 87% of state electorate areas.
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Forrestfield (East Metropolitan) · State Electorate
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Far fewer people are moving in and out of Forrestfield compared to most similar areas. Only 32.4% of residents have changed homes in the last five years, which is well below the national figure.
People who moved in the last five years.
At 32.4%, the share of people who moved in the last five years is much lower than most areas and well below the Western Australian figure of 39.0%.
32.4% —
Lower than 87% of state electorate areas.
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Overseas arrivals are also uncommon here, with only 7.4% of people arriving recently. This is much lower than most areas and well below the 14.5% seen across Australia.
7.4% —
Lower than 81% 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 Forrestfield (East Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED52102/forrestfield/topic/mobility-location