36.2% ▼ -40.7%
Higher than 56% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 61.0%
- 2016: 39.3%
- 2021: 36.2%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Geraldton · Urban Centre
Migration & Movement in Geraldton
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
A sharp 25 point drop in the number of people moving house since 2011 defines the recent trends in Geraldton. This shift means far fewer people are changing addresses compared to a decade ago, making the area feel more settled than many other Australian towns.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 36.2% of residents moved house in the last five years, which is well below the national figure of 40.7%. This rate is slightly lower than the Western Australian average and reflects a significant downward trend since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 9.7% of the population, a figure that is higher than most similar areas. While this is about the same as the Western Australian average, it is well below the 14.5% seen across Australia.
9.7% ▼ -59.8%
Higher than 70% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.1%
- 2016: 17.9%
- 2021: 9.7%
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 Geraldton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL512003/geraldton/topic/mobility-location