45.8% ▲ +22.5%
Higher than 89% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 37.4%
- 2016: 42.4%
- 2021: 45.8%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Laverton · Urban Centre
Migration & Movement in Laverton
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Nearly 46% of people in Laverton (L) moved house in the last five years, a figure well above the national average. This high turnover marks the area as a place of significant movement compared to most other regions. While many people arrive from overseas, the proportion of recent international arrivals has dropped since 2011.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 45.8% of residents have moved in the last five years, which is much higher than most areas and well above the Western Australian figure of 39.0%. This trend has grown over time, rising 8.4 percentage points since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 11.7% of the population, which is much higher than in most similar areas. However, this is a little below the national figure of 14.5% and has fallen 8.3 percentage points since 2011.
11.7% ▼ -41.7%
Higher than 74% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 20.0%
- 2021: 11.7%
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 Laverton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL522039/laverton/topic/mobility-location