43.8% ▼ -12.6%
Higher than 87% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 50.2%
- 2016: 42.4%
- 2021: 43.8%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Central Highlands · Council (LGA)
Migration & Movement in Central Highlands
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Much higher rates of movement than most similar areas define Central Highlands (Qld). While nearly 44% of residents moved here in the last five years, a significant 17.7% of the population arrived from overseas recently.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 43.8% of people moved house in the last five years, which is much higher than most areas. This is about the same as the Queensland figure, though it is well above the national rate of 40.7%.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 17.7% of the population, a figure well above both the state and national averages. This has fallen significantly since 2011, when the rate was 29.0%.
17.7% ▼ -39.0%
Higher than 74% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 29.0%
- 2016: 18.0%
- 2021: 17.7%
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 Central Highlands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA32270/central-highlands/topic/mobility-location