35.4% ▼ -24.1%
Lower than 61% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 46.6%
- 2016: 44.2%
- 2021: 35.4%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Sheldon - Mount Cotton · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in Sheldon - Mount Cotton
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Far fewer people have moved into Sheldon - Mount Cotton recently compared to the rest of the country. Only 35.4% of residents have changed homes in the last five years, which is well below the national figure. This reflects a steady population where few people are arriving from other areas or from overseas.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
The number of people who moved here in the last five years is much lower than in most other areas. At 35.4%, this is well below the Queensland figure of 44.8% and has fallen 11 percentage points since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up only 4.8% of the population, which is much lower than most areas. This is well below the national figure of 14.5% and represents a sharp drop from 16.8% in 2011.
4.8% ▼ -71.3%
Lower than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 16.8%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 4.8%
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 Sheldon - Mount Cotton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/301021011/sheldon-mount-cotton/topic/mobility-location