33.5% ▼ -18.0%
Lower than 69% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 40.9%
- 2016: 32.6%
- 2021: 33.5%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Central Highlands - West · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in Central Highlands - West
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Far more people have arrived from overseas in Central Highlands - West than in most similar areas. While nearly 20% of the population are recent arrivals, the region has seen a drop in the overall number of people moving house. This combination shows a community that is becoming more international even as local movement slows down.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Only 33.5% of residents moved house in the last five years, which is far below the Queensland figure of 44.8%. This is a downward trend, as the proportion of people moving fell 7.4 points since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 19.7% of the population, a figure well above both the national average of 14.5% and the state's 13.7%. This proportion rose by 3.9 points since the 2011 census.
19.7% ▲ +25.0%
Higher than 82% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 15.8%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 19.7%
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 Central Highlands - West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/308011191/central-highlands-west/topic/mobility-location