51.3% ▲ +16.9%
Higher than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 43.9%
- 2016: 51.4%
- 2021: 51.3%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Coopers Plains · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in Coopers Plains
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
More people have moved into Coopers Plains recently than in most other similar areas. Over half the population, 51.3%, arrived within the last five years, making it a highly mobile community.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
A high 51.3% of residents moved house in the last five years, which is far above the national figure of 40.7%. This proportion has risen by 7.4 percentage points since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 23.3% of the population, a figure well above both the state and national averages. This is much higher than most areas, though it has fallen by 14 percentage points since 2011.
23.3% ▼ -37.8%
Higher than 88% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 37.4%
- 2016: 29.9%
- 2021: 23.3%
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 Coopers Plains [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/303041067/coopers-plains/topic/mobility-location