31.2% ▼ -9.4%
Lower than 78% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 34.4%
- 2016: 31.7%
- 2021: 31.2%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Southern Downs - West · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in Southern Downs - West
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Less than 1% of people in Southern Downs - West have arrived from overseas recently, making it one of the least international areas in the region. This trend is part of a broader pattern where residents are far less likely to move into the area than people in other parts of the country.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Only 31.2% of residents moved house in the last five years, which is much lower than most areas. This is well below the national figure of 40.7% and has fallen since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up just 0.9% of the population, far below the Queensland figure of 13.7%. This proportion has dropped significantly from 5.8% in 2011.
0.9% ▼ -84.4%
Lower than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 5.8%
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 0.9%
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 Southern Downs - West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/307031186/southern-downs-west/topic/mobility-location