56.5% —
Higher than 94% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 52.8%
- 2021: 56.5%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Griffith · Federal Electorate
Migration & Movement in Griffith
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
More than half of the people in Griffith have moved here in the last five years, a rate far above the national figure. This high level of movement is paired with a significant number of recent overseas arrivals, making it a very dynamic place for new residents.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 56.5% of people moved into Griffith in the last five years, which is among the highest rates for similar areas. This is far above the Queensland figure of 44.8% and has risen 3.8 percentage points since 2016.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 23.3% of the population, which is well above the 14.5% national average. While this is much higher than most areas, the proportion of new overseas arrivals fell by 9.1 percentage points since 2011.
23.3% ▼ -28.1%
Higher than 89% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 32.4%
- 2016: 27.3%
- 2021: 23.3%
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 Griffith [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED313/griffith/topic/mobility-location