28.7% ▼ -1.2%
Lower than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 29.1%
- 2016: 28.4%
- 2021: 28.7%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Babinda · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in Babinda
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Far fewer people have moved into Babinda recently compared to other parts of the country. Only 28.7% of residents have changed their home in the last five years, showing a community where most people stay put for the long term.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
The proportion of people moving into the area is far below the Queensland figure of 44.8% and the national rate of 40.7%. This stable trend has barely changed since 2011, when the figure was 29.1%.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 4.5% of the population, which is well below the Australian figure of 14.5%. This is a drop from 2011, when overseas arrivals sat at 8.4%.
4.5% ▼ -46.1%
Lower than 88% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 8.4%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 4.5%
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 Babinda [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/306031158/babinda/topic/mobility-location