46.1% —
Higher than 69% of capital city areas.
- 2016: 44.8%
- 2021: 46.1%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Greater Brisbane · Capital City
Migration & Movement in Greater Brisbane
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Nearly half of all people in Greater Brisbane have changed their address recently, making it a very mobile region. About 46.1% of residents moved in the last five years, a figure that is well above the national average.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Recent movement is higher than most areas, with 46.1% of people moving home in the last five years. This is a little above the Queensland figure and has risen slightly since 2016.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 14.0% of the population, which is about the same as the state and national figures. However, this proportion has fallen by 4.8 percentage points since 2016.
14.0% —
Lower than 69% of capital city areas.
- 2016: 18.8%
- 2021: 14.0%
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 Greater Brisbane [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/gccsa/3GBRI/greater-brisbane/topic/mobility-location