31.1% ▼ -10.4%
Lower than 68% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 34.7%
- 2016: 30.4%
- 2021: 31.1%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
North Burnett · Council (LGA)
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
A strong influx of international newcomers defines the changing face of North Burnett. While few locals have moved house recently, over a quarter of the population arrived from overseas in the last five years, a figure far higher than the rest of the state.
People who moved in the last five years.
Only 31.1% of people moved house in the last five years, which is far below the Queensland figure of 44.8%. This movement rate has fallen by 3.6 percentage points since 2011.
31.1% ▼ -10.4%
Lower than 68% of council (lga) areas.
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 27% of the population, which is far above the national figure of 14.5%. This proportion has risen by 4.5 percentage points since 2011.
27.0% ▲ +20.2%
Higher than 91% of council (lga) areas.
Share of overseas-born residents who arrived in Australia in the five years before the census.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Migration & Movement in North Burnett [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA35760/north-burnett/topic/mobility-location