43.2% ▼ -13.5%
Higher than 85% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 49.9%
- 2016: 38.2%
- 2021: 43.2%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Bridgetown · Urban Centre
Migration & Movement in Bridgetown
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Over 43% of residents have moved to Bridgetown in the last five years, making it a high-growth area for new arrivals. While it is a popular destination for people moving within Australia, very few new residents have arrived from overseas.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 43.2% of people moved here in the last five years, which is much higher than most similar areas and well above the Western Australian figure. This proportion has fallen from 49.9% in 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Only 2.1% of residents are recent arrivals from overseas, a figure that is far below the national average and has dropped 12 points since 2011.
2.1% ▼ -84.4%
Lower than 62% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.8%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 2.1%
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 Bridgetown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL515003/bridgetown/topic/mobility-location