42.1% ▼ -14.3%
Higher than 80% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 49.1%
- 2016: 47.3%
- 2021: 42.1%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Busselton · Urban Centre
Migration & Movement in Busselton
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Far fewer people have moved into Busselton recently compared to a decade ago. While 42.1% of residents arrived in the last five years, this is a drop of 7 points since 2011. This shift is mirrored by a sharp fall in the number of people arriving from overseas.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Busselton attracts more new residents than most similar areas, with 42.1% moving here in the last five years. This is well above the Western Australian figure of 39%.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 6.1% of the population, which is well below the national figure of 14.5%. This represents a significant decrease from 2011, when the figure was 14.9%.
6.1% ▼ -59.2%
Higher than 56% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 14.9%
- 2016: 10.6%
- 2021: 6.1%
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 Busselton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL512002/busselton/topic/mobility-location