45.7% —
Higher than 79% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 47.3%
- 2021: 45.7%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
South Perth (South Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Migration & Movement in South Perth (South Metropolitan)
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Nearly half of all residents in South Perth have moved house in the last five years. This high level of mobility makes it one of the most transient areas compared to similar places, with 45.7% of people changing homes recently.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
The proportion of people who moved in the last five years is well above the national figure of 40.7% and the state's 39.0%. This figure has fallen slightly since 2016, when it was 47.3%.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 14.1% of the population, which is well above the Western Australian average of 10.6%. This is about the same as the national figure, though the number of recent arrivals fell from 23.6% in 2016.
14.1% —
Higher than 59% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 14.1%
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 South Perth (South Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED54905/south-perth/topic/mobility-location