34.2% ▼ -42.5%
Lower than 53% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 59.6%
- 2016: 40.9%
- 2021: 34.2%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Mount Barker · Urban Centre
Migration & Movement in Mount Barker
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
A sharp drop in movement marks the latest decade for Mount Barker, where the share of people moving home fell by 25 points since 2011. This shift is seen alongside a decline in new overseas arrivals, though the town still attracts more migrants than most similar areas.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Around 34.2% of residents moved house in the last five years, which is well below the figures for Western Australia and the rest of the country.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 13.7% of the population. This is much higher than most similar areas and well above the state figure, although it has fallen from 27.8% in 2011.
13.7% ▼ -50.8%
Higher than 78% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.8%
- 2016: 17.5%
- 2021: 13.7%
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 Mount Barker [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL515025/mount-barker/topic/mobility-location