70.2% ▲ +27.3%
Higher than 98% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 55.2%
- 2016: 59.1%
- 2021: 70.2%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Woolloongabba · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in Woolloongabba
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
A huge shift in resident turnover has seen Woolloongabba become much more transient since 2011. About 70% of people here have moved house in the last five years, making it one of the most mobile areas in the region.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
70.2% of residents moved into the area in the last five years, which is far above the national figure of 40.7%. This proportion has risen by 15 points since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 37.7% of the population, which is far above the Queensland figure of 13.7%. This is among the highest rates for similar areas, though it fell slightly from 41.1% in 2011.
37.7% ▼ -8.2%
Higher than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 41.1%
- 2016: 39.1%
- 2021: 37.7%
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 Woolloongabba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/303021058/woolloongabba/topic/mobility-location