44.5% ▼ -0.4%
Higher than 87% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 44.6%
- 2016: 43.4%
- 2021: 44.5%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Moreton Bay · Council (LGA)
Migration & Movement in Moreton Bay
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
A much higher proportion of people move house in Moreton Bay than in most other Australian areas. While 44.5% of residents changed homes in the last five years, the area has seen a sharp drop in the number of people arriving from overseas.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Almost 44.5% of people here moved house in the last five years, which is well above the national figure of 40.7%. This high level of movement is similar to the Queensland average and has barely changed since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 8.9% of the population, which is well below both the Queensland (13.7%) and Australian (14.5%) figures. This proportion has fallen by 9.4 percentage points since 2011.
8.9% ▼ -51.4%
Lower than 62% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 18.3%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 8.9%
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 Moreton Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA35010/moreton-bay/topic/mobility-location