48.2% ▲ +5.3%
Higher than 92% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 45.7%
- 2016: 46.9%
- 2021: 48.2%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Brisbane · Council (LGA)
Migration & Movement in Brisbane
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Recent arrivals from overseas in Brisbane fell by 10 percentage points since 2011, though the city remains a major hub for newcomers. Nearly half of all residents have moved house in the last five years, making Brisbane one of the most mobile areas in the country.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 48.2% of people moved home in the last five years, which is well above the national figure of 40.7%. This rate has risen by 2.4 percentage points since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Overseas arrivals are much more common here than in most areas, with 17.4% of people arriving recently. This is well above the Queensland figure of 13.7%.
17.4% ▼ -36.5%
Higher than 74% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 27.4%
- 2016: 22.9%
- 2021: 17.4%
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 Brisbane [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA31000/brisbane/topic/mobility-location