45.4% ▲ +15.8%
Higher than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 39.2%
- 2016: 49.7%
- 2021: 45.4%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Dampier · Urban Centre
Migration & Movement in Dampier
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Nearly half of all residents have moved to Dampier in the last five years, making it a very transient place to live. This high turnover is reflected in a population that is much more mobile than most other areas across the country.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 45.4% of people here changed homes in the last five years, a figure well above the national average of 40.7%. This movement has increased since 2011, when the share of residents moving was 39.2%.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 11.5% of the population, which is much higher than in most similar areas. However, this is a big drop from 2011, when the share of new overseas arrivals was 32.0%.
11.5% ▼ -64.1%
Higher than 74% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 32.0%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 11.5%
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 Dampier [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL515008/dampier/topic/mobility-location