43.5% ▼ -8.1%
Higher than 72% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 47.4%
- 2016: 44.5%
- 2021: 43.5%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Chinchilla · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in Chinchilla
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
A massive 31.2% of overseas arrivals in Chinchilla are recent, making it one of the highest areas for new migrants at this level. This high level of international migration stands alongside a fairly mobile population, where over 40% of residents have changed homes in the last five years.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 43.5% of people moved house in the last five years, which is higher than most similar areas. This is a little above the national figure, though it has fallen slightly since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 31.2% of the population, a figure far above both the Queensland and Australian averages. This high proportion of new arrivals has remained steady since 2011.
31.2% ▼ -2.0%
Higher than 95% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 31.9%
- 2016: 23.3%
- 2021: 31.2%
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 Chinchilla [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/307011172/chinchilla/topic/mobility-location