50.7% ▼ -21.2%
Higher than 94% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 64.3%
- 2016: 45.0%
- 2021: 50.7%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
West Island · Urban Centre
Migration & Movement in West Island
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Over half the people in West Island have moved home in the last five years. This makes it one of the most mobile areas at this level, with a population that changes far more often than the national figure.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 50.7% of residents moved house recently, which is far above the 30.2% seen across Other Territories. While this is among the highest rates for similar areas, the figure has fallen by 14 points since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 13.6% of the population, a figure well above the 5.6% for Other Territories. This is about the same as the national figure, though it has fallen 4.5 points since 2011.
13.6% ▼ -25.0%
Higher than 78% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 18.2%
- 2021: 13.6%
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 West Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL922003/west-island/topic/mobility-location