Geraldton suburbs people moved to from the city

Beresford tops the ranking: 8.6% of its residents lived in a capital city five years earlier, most of them in Perth. Wandina and Drummond Cove follow.

This page ranks Geraldton suburbs by the share of residents aged five and over who lived in a capital city five years before the 2021 Census. Suburbs inside the capitals are not ranked, and only suburbs with at least 1,000 residents qualify.

These are the places people from the capitals moved to between 2016 and 2021, and each row names the capital most of them came from. It counts arrivals only: people who moved the other way are not in it, so a suburb near the top is not necessarily growing. Not every move is a sea change or a tree change: mining towns and Defence bases rank high because jobs bring people there. The Central Coast is part of Greater Sydney in the ABS geography; we count it as a place of its own, so moves from the Central Coast are not moves from Sydney. Source: ABS 2021 Census, via TableBuilder.

Geraldton suburbs where the most residents moved from a capital city

Ranked by the share of residents aged five and over who lived in a capital city five years before the 2021 Census, among suburbs outside the capitals with at least 1,000 residents. It counts arrivals only: people who moved the other way are not in it.

1

Beresford

WA 6530 · 1,463 residents

8.6% lived in a capital five years earlier · most from Perth · 121 residents

B 100.0
2

Wandina

WA 6530 · 4,375 residents

8.2% lived in a capital five years earlier · most from Perth · 331 residents

B 92.3
3

Drummond Cove

WA 6532 · 1,605 residents

8.0% lived in a capital five years earlier · most from Perth · 118 residents

B 84.6
4

Glenfield

WA 6532 · 1,009 residents

7.4% lived in a capital five years earlier · most from Perth · 69 residents

C 76.9
5

Beachlands

WA 6530 · 1,400 residents

7.3% lived in a capital five years earlier · most from Perth · 96 residents

C 69.2
6

Bluff Point

WA 6530 · 1,381 residents

6.7% lived in a capital five years earlier · most from Perth · 89 residents

C 61.5
7

Geraldton

WA 6530 · 3,246 residents

6.5% lived in a capital five years earlier · most from Perth · 203 residents

C 53.9
8

Sunset Beach

WA 6530 · 1,558 residents

6.4% lived in a capital five years earlier · most from Perth · 91 residents

D 46.1
9

Tarcoola Beach

WA 6530 · 1,360 residents

6.1% lived in a capital five years earlier · most from Perth · 79 residents

B 38.5
10

Wonthella

WA 6530 · 1,711 residents

6.1% lived in a capital five years earlier · most from Perth · 99 residents

D 30.8
11

Mount Tarcoola

WA 6530 · 3,257 residents

5.4% lived in a capital five years earlier · most from Perth · 164 residents

B 23.1
12

Waggrakine

WA 6530 · 2,679 residents

4.2% lived in a capital five years earlier · most from Perth · 106 residents

D 15.4
13

Spalding

WA 6530 · 1,992 residents

4.2% lived in a capital five years earlier · most from Perth · 78 residents

D 7.7
14

Rangeway

WA 6530 · 1,871 residents

2.9% lived in a capital five years earlier · most from Perth · 51 residents

C 0.0

Ranked from 14 qualifying suburbs.

How we ranked these

100% share of residents aged five and over who lived in one of the eight capital cities five years before the 2021 Census, percentile-ranked within Geraldton's candidate pool. Suburbs that touch a capital's statistical area are not ranked, because the count for their own area includes people who never moved. The Central Coast counts as a place of its own, not as Sydney. Only suburbs with at least 1,000 residents qualify, and the larger number of arrivals breaks ties. It counts arrivals, not net migration. Source: ABS 2021 Census, via TableBuilder; the ABS adjusts small counts slightly to protect privacy. See how we calculate for the full methodology.

Common questions about this ranking

What are the geraldton suburbs people moved to from the city?

Beresford tops the ranking: 8.6% of its residents lived in a capital city five years earlier, most of them in Perth. Wandina and Drummond Cove follow.

How is this ranking put together?

Each Geraldton suburb is ranked by the share of its residents aged five and over who lived in one of the eight capital cities five years before the 2021 Census. Suburbs inside the capitals are not ranked, and only suburbs with at least 1,000 residents are included.

Does this show where people are leaving?

No. It counts people who arrived from a capital, not people who left the suburb. A place near the top can have lost as many residents as it gained, so it is not a measure of growth.

Why are some suburbs near a capital missing?

A suburb that touches a capital's statistical area is left out: the Census count for its own area includes people who never moved, so a share would overstate the arrivals.

How current is it?

It covers moves between August 2016 and August 2021, from the 2021 Census, the most recent available until results from the August 2026 Census are released in 2027.

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Rankings last computed 28 September 2026. Recomputed after each ACARA schools data refresh.

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