48.4% ▲ +3.6%
Higher than 92% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 46.7%
- 2016: 45.7%
- 2021: 48.4%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Ipswich · Council (LGA)
Migration & Movement in Ipswich
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Almost half of all residents in Ipswich moved here in the last five years, a rate well above the national figure. While the area attracts many people moving within Australia, it has seen a sharp drop in new arrivals from overseas.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Around 48.4% of people have changed homes in the last five years, which is among the highest rates for similar areas. This is well above both the Queensland figure of 44.8% and the Australian average of 40.7%.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 10.5% of the population, which is well below the national figure of 14.5%. This proportion has fallen by 10 percentage points since 2011.
10.5% ▼ -49.0%
Lower than 55% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 20.5%
- 2016: 15.8%
- 2021: 10.5%
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 Ipswich [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA33960/ipswich/topic/mobility-location