46.1% ▼ -9.2%
Higher than 89% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 50.8%
- 2016: 52.4%
- 2021: 46.1%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Margaret River · Urban Centre
Migration & Movement in Margaret River
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Nearly half of all residents in Margaret River have moved house in the last five years, a figure well above the state and national averages. This high level of movement marks the area as one of the most mobile for its size, though the number of new overseas arrivals has fallen since 2011.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 46.1% of people moved here in the last five years, which is well above the Western Australian figure of 39.0% and the national average of 40.7%. This represents some of the highest movement rates among similar areas, even though the figure fell 4.7 points since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 12.3% of the population, which is much higher than most areas and a little above the state average. This is a little below the national figure of 14.5%, and the proportion fell by 13 points since 2011.
12.3% ▼ -51.3%
Higher than 76% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.3%
- 2016: 21.0%
- 2021: 12.3%
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 Margaret River [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL514003/margaret-river/topic/mobility-location