39.6% ▼ -5.9%
Higher than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 42.0%
- 2016: 43.5%
- 2021: 39.6%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Perth · Urban Centre
Migration & Movement in Perth
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Frequent changes in address and a steady flow of international arrivals shape the daily life of Perth. Nearly 40% of residents have moved home in the last five years, reflecting a mobile population where people often shift locations for work or life changes.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 39.6% of people in Perth moved house within the last five years, which is higher than most areas. This figure is about the same as the Western Australian average, though it has fallen by 2.5 percentage points since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 10.7% of the population, a figure that is higher than most areas but well below the national average. This proportion has dropped significantly over the last decade, falling 12 percentage points since 2011.
10.7% ▼ -53.8%
Higher than 73% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.1%
- 2016: 18.8%
- 2021: 10.7%
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 [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL501001/perth/topic/mobility-location