31.7% ▼ -10.1%
Lower than 76% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 35.2%
- 2016: 28.9%
- 2021: 31.7%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Southern Downs - East · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in Southern Downs - East
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Fewer people have moved into Southern Downs - East since 2011, reflecting a trend toward a more stable population. Only 31.7% of residents arrived in the last five years, which is far below the Queensland figure of 44.8%.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Just 31.7% of people moved here in the last five years, a figure that is much lower than most similar areas and well below the national average. This is a decrease of 3.5 percentage points since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up only 5.0% of the population, which is well below the figures for Queensland and Australia. This proportion has fallen by 5.8 percentage points since 2011.
5.0% ▼ -53.5%
Lower than 85% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 5.0%
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 Southern Downs - East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/307031185/southern-downs-east/topic/mobility-location