48.2% ▲ +31.5%
Higher than 91% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 36.6%
- 2016: 53.9%
- 2021: 48.2%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Kununurra · Urban Centre
Migration & Movement in Kununurra
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Nearly half of all residents in Kununurra have moved here in the last five years. This high rate of movement makes the area one of the most transient in the region, with a population that has become increasingly mobile over the last decade.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 48.2% of people moved house recently, which is well above the 39% seen across Western Australia. This figure has risen 12 percentage points since 2011, placing Kununurra among the highest for movement at this level.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Overseas arrivals make up 24.7% of the population, a figure far above the national average of 14.5%. This proportion has grown significantly, rising 16 percentage points since 2011.
24.7% ▲ +189.1%
Higher than 90% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 8.5%
- 2016: 30.0%
- 2021: 24.7%
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 Kununurra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL515020/kununurra/topic/mobility-location