45.5% —
Higher than 77% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 46.4%
- 2021: 45.5%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Moreton · Federal Electorate
Migration & Movement in Moreton
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Nearly half of all residents in Moreton have moved house in the last five years. This high level of mobility makes the area more unsettled than most, with 45.5% of people arriving recently. This trend is seen alongside a significant number of people who have moved here from overseas.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 45.5% of people moved to Moreton in the last five years, a figure that is much higher than most other areas. This is well above the national rate of 40.7% and slightly higher than the Queensland figure of 44.8%.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 17.1% of the population, which is higher than most areas and well above the state average. However, this has fallen since 2011, when the proportion was 28.5%.
17.1% ▼ -40.2%
Higher than 72% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 28.5%
- 2016: 25.2%
- 2021: 17.1%
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 Moreton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED324/moreton/topic/mobility-location