38.2% ▼ -17.2%
Higher than 67% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 46.1%
- 2016: 38.7%
- 2021: 38.2%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Longreach · Council (LGA)
Migration & Movement in Longreach
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
More than 17% of people in Longreach arrived from overseas recently, a figure well above the Queensland average. While the area attracts more new arrivals than most similar places, the overall proportion of people moving into the region has fallen since 2011.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 38.2% of residents moved here in the last five years, which is higher than most similar areas. However, this is a little below the national figure and well below the Queensland average.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 17.2% of the population, which is a little above the Australian average and well above the state figure. This proportion has fallen slightly since 2011.
17.2% ▼ -15.9%
Higher than 73% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 20.5%
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 17.2%
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 Longreach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA34710/longreach/topic/mobility-location