56.6% ▲ +13.0%
Higher than 90% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 50.1%
- 2016: 56.2%
- 2021: 56.6%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Hamilton · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in Hamilton
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
More than half of the people in Hamilton have moved house recently, making it a highly mobile area. This constant turnover of residents is driven by a mix of internal migration and a strong presence of people arriving from overseas.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 56.6% of residents moved here in the last five years, a figure that is far above the national average of 40.7%. This trend has risen by 6.5 percentage points since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 18.9% of the population, which is well above the Queensland figure of 13.7%. This proportion has fallen by 12 percentage points since 2011.
18.9% ▼ -39.5%
Higher than 80% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 31.2%
- 2016: 24.9%
- 2021: 18.9%
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 Hamilton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/305031124/hamilton/topic/mobility-location