56.3% —
Higher than 95% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 41.5%
- 2021: 56.3%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Perth (North Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Migration & Movement in Perth (North Metropolitan)
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
More people move into Perth (North Metropolitan) than almost any other similar area. Over half of the residents have arrived from overseas or other parts of the country in the last five years, making it a highly mobile population.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
A huge 56.3% of people moved here in the last five years, which is far above the 40.7% national figure. This represents a 15 point jump since 2016.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 26.2% of the population, a figure far above both the state (10.6%) and national (14.5%) rates. This proportion has risen 12 points since 2016.
26.2% —
Higher than 93% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 14.4%
- 2021: 26.2%
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 Perth (North Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED54304/perth/topic/mobility-location