48.0% —
Higher than 86% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 47.6%
- 2021: 48.0%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Fairfax · Federal Electorate
Migration & Movement in Fairfax
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Nearly half of all residents in Fairfax have moved house in the last five years, a rate much higher than most similar areas. This high level of mobility defines the local population, though fewer people are arriving from overseas compared to the state and national averages.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 48.0% of people moved here in the last five years, which is well above the national figure of 40.7%. This high rate of movement has barely changed since 2016.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 10.6% of the population, which is well below the Queensland figure of 13.7%. This proportion has fallen by 5.9 percentage points since 2011.
10.6% ▼ -35.8%
Lower than 70% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 16.5%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 10.6%
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 Fairfax [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED309/fairfax/topic/mobility-location