55.1% ▼ -7.7%
Higher than 99% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 59.7%
- 2016: 64.2%
- 2021: 55.1%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Karratha · Urban Area
Migration & Movement in Karratha
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
More than half of the people in Karratha have moved here in the last five years. This high churn makes it a very transient place, with 55.1% of residents being new arrivals compared to just 40.7% across Australia.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
A huge 55.1% of residents moved to the area in the last five years, a figure far above both the state and national averages. While this remains among the highest rates for similar areas, it has fallen slightly since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 15.2% of the population, which is well above the Western Australian figure. This is about the same as the national average, though the proportion of new arrivals from overseas has dropped sharply since 2011.
15.2% ▼ -57.1%
Higher than 61% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 35.4%
- 2016: 26.8%
- 2021: 15.2%
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 Karratha [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/5008/karratha/topic/mobility-location