45.4% ▼ -5.1%
Higher than 76% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 47.8%
- 2016: 49.5%
- 2021: 45.4%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Runcorn · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in Runcorn
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
A significant drop in overseas arrivals has seen the proportion of recent immigrants in Runcorn fall by 15 percentage points since 2011. Despite this shift, the area remains very mobile, with 45.4% of residents having moved home in the last five years.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Nearly half of the people in Runcorn moved home in the last five years. This is much higher than most similar areas and well above the national figure of 40.7%.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 18.0% of the population, which is well above the Queensland figure of 13.7%. This is much higher than most similar areas, though it has fallen since 2011.
18.0% ▼ -45.3%
Higher than 77% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 32.9%
- 2016: 27.2%
- 2021: 18.0%
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 Runcorn [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/303061078/runcorn/topic/mobility-location