49.8% ▼ -0.3%
Higher than 84% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 50.0%
- 2016: 48.6%
- 2021: 49.8%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Queanbeyan - East · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in Queanbeyan - East
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Almost half of the residents in Queanbeyan - East have moved house recently, though the share of new overseas arrivals has fallen since 2011. This is a highly mobile area where nearly 50% of people changed homes in the last five years.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 49.8% of people moved home in the last five years, a figure that is well above both the state (39.9%) and national (40.7%) averages. This high level of movement has barely changed since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 19.9% of the population, which is well above the national figure of 14.5%. However, this proportion has fallen by 13 points since 2011.
19.9% ▼ -38.7%
Higher than 82% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 32.5%
- 2016: 24.8%
- 2021: 19.9%
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 Queanbeyan - East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/101021010/queanbeyan-east/topic/mobility-location