35.8% ▼ -40.9%
Higher than 55% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 60.6%
- 2016: 45.6%
- 2021: 35.8%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Derby · Urban Centre
Migration & Movement in Derby
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
A much higher share of people in Derby have arrived from overseas recently compared to most other areas. While 20.7% of the population are recent overseas arrivals, the town has seen a sharp drop in overall mobility since 2011.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 35.8% of residents moved home in the last five years, which is well below the national figure of 40.7%. This represents a significant shift for the town, as the proportion of people moving fell by 25 percentage points since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 20.7% of the population, a figure far above the Western Australian average of 10.6%. This is much higher than most similar areas, though the proportion fell from 29.7% in 2011.
20.7% ▼ -30.2%
Higher than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 29.7%
- 2016: 19.3%
- 2021: 20.7%
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 Derby [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL515010/derby/topic/mobility-location