41.5% —
Higher than 61% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 41.3%
- 2021: 41.5%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Bowman · Federal Electorate
Migration & Movement in Bowman
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
More people have moved into Bowman recently than in most similar areas, though the community is less diverse in its origins. About 41.5% of residents arrived within the last five years, but the number of new arrivals from overseas has fallen sharply over the last decade.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Around 41.5% of people here moved home in the last five years, which is higher than most similar areas. This figure is about the same as the national average and has barely changed since 2016.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up only 6.3% of the population, which is among the lowest for this level. This is well below the Queensland and national figures, and it has fallen by 11 percentage points since 2011.
6.3% ▼ -63.2%
Lower than 95% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 17.0%
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 6.3%
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 Bowman [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED303/bowman/topic/mobility-location