42.6% ▼ -1.4%
Higher than 83% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 43.2%
- 2016: 46.1%
- 2021: 42.6%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Kalgoorlie - Boulder · Urban Centre
Migration & Movement in Kalgoorlie - Boulder
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Over 42% of people in Kalgoorlie - Boulder have moved house in the last five years. This high turnover is a standout feature for the area, which sees much more movement than most other parts of the country.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 42.6% of residents moved here within the last five years, a figure that is well above the Western Australian average of 39%. This level of mobility has barely changed since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 17.7% of the population, which is well above both the state and national figures. However, this proportion fell by 7.1 percentage points since the 2011 census.
17.7% ▼ -28.7%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.8%
- 2016: 23.2%
- 2021: 17.7%
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 Kalgoorlie - Boulder [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL512004/kalgoorlie-boulder/topic/mobility-location