43.7% ▼ -1.6%
Higher than 86% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 44.4%
- 2016: 43.1%
- 2021: 43.7%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Toowoomba · Council (LGA)
Migration & Movement in Toowoomba
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
A strong flow of new residents has shaped Toowoomba into a dynamic hub. Nearly 44% of the population moved here in the last five years, with a particularly high number of arrivals coming from overseas.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 43.7% of people have moved home in the last five years. This is much higher than most areas and well above the national figure, though it sits a little below the Queensland average.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Overseas arrivals make up 23.7% of the population, a figure that is well above both the state and national averages. This high level of recent international migration has remained steady since 2011.
23.7% ▼ 0.0%
Higher than 88% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 23.7%
- 2016: 21.8%
- 2021: 23.7%
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 Toowoomba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA36910/toowoomba/topic/mobility-location