44.5% —
Higher than 73% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 43.8%
- 2021: 44.5%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Groom · Federal Electorate
Migration & Movement in Groom
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Nearly one in four people in Groom arrived from overseas recently, making it a much more international area than most. This high level of overseas migration is a standout feature of the region's movement patterns.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 44.5% of residents moved home in the last five years, which is higher than most areas. This figure is about the same as the Queensland average and has barely changed since 2016.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 24.3% of the population, a figure far above the Queensland average of 13.7%. This level of international migration has remained steady since 2011.
24.3% ▼ -0.5%
Higher than 90% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 24.4%
- 2016: 22.5%
- 2021: 24.3%
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 Groom [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED314/groom/topic/mobility-location