35.2% ▼ -14.9%
Lower than 72% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 41.4%
- 2016: 41.2%
- 2021: 35.2%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Murray-Wellington (South West) · State Electorate
Migration & Movement in Murray-Wellington (South West)
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Far fewer people have moved into Murray-Wellington (South West) recently compared to the rest of the country. Only 35.2% of residents moved house in the last five years, which is well below the national figure of 40.7%. This trend is mirrored by a sharp drop in people arriving from overseas.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
The proportion of people who moved home in the last five years fell 6.2 percentage points since 2011 to 35.2%. This is lower than most areas and sits well below the Western Australian figure of 39.0%.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up only 6.6% of the population, which is much lower than most areas and well below the national figure of 14.5%. This represents a significant decline from 2011, when the rate was 15.8%.
6.6% ▼ -58.3%
Lower than 87% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 15.8%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 6.6%
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 Murray-Wellington (South West) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED54006/murray-wellington/topic/mobility-location