37.1% ▼ -32.9%
Higher than 60% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 55.2%
- 2016: 46.7%
- 2021: 37.1%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Ocean Beach · Urban Centre
Migration & Movement in Ocean Beach
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
A sharp drop in new arrivals has shaped Ocean Beach (L) since 2011. While 37.1% of residents have moved home in the last five years, the number of people arriving from overseas has plummeted from 29.3% to just 5.7% over the last decade.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
More people have moved here in the last five years than in most similar areas. However, the 37.1% figure is a little below the Western Australian average and well below the national figure, and it has fallen 18 points since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 5.7% of the population, which is around the middle for similar areas. This is well below the state and national figures, reflecting a steep 24 point decline since 2011.
5.7% ▼ -80.5%
Higher than 54% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 29.3%
- 2016: 29.6%
- 2021: 5.7%
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 Ocean Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL521039/ocean-beach/topic/mobility-location