58.1% ▲ +8.3%
Higher than 91% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 53.6%
- 2016: 58.0%
- 2021: 58.1%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
East Brisbane · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in East Brisbane
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
More people have moved into East Brisbane recently, though the share of new arrivals from overseas has dropped since 2011. Over half the population has changed their address 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.
About 58.1% of people here moved house in the last five years, which is far above the national figure of 40.7%. This rate has risen by 4.5 percentage points since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 27.3% of the population, far above the Queensland figure of 13.7%. However, this is 9.0 percentage points lower than it was in 2011.
27.3% ▼ -24.8%
Higher than 91% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 36.3%
- 2016: 31.2%
- 2021: 27.3%
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 East Brisbane [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/305021115/east-brisbane/topic/mobility-location