28.5% —
Lower than 78% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 52.8%
- 2021: 28.5%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Wagin · Urban Centre
Migration & Movement in Wagin
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Far fewer people have moved into Wagin recently compared to the rest of the state. Only 28.5% of residents arrived in the last five years, a figure that has dropped sharply since 2016. This makes the area much more stable than most other parts of Australia.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
The share of people who moved here in the last five years fell by 24 points since 2016 to 28.5%. This is far below the Western Australian figure of 39.0% and the national rate of 40.7%.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 13.9% of the population, which is well above the state average of 10.6%. This proportion is about the same as the national figure of 14.5%.
13.9% —
Higher than 79% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 13.9%
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).
More for Wagin
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Migration & Movement in Wagin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL515035/wagin/topic/mobility-location