49.5% ▼ -14.1%
Higher than 84% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 57.6%
- 2016: 47.2%
- 2021: 49.5%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Emerald · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in Emerald
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Nearly half of all residents in Emerald have moved here in the last five years, making it a highly transient place. This constant churn of people creates a dynamic community where new arrivals are common, though the rate of movement has slowed since 2011.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 49.5% of people moved to Emerald within the last five years, a figure well above both the Queensland (44.8%) and national (40.7%) rates. This is much higher than most similar areas, despite a fall of 8.1 percentage points since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Overseas arrivals make up 18.6% of the population, which is well above the national figure of 14.5%. While this remains much higher than most other areas, the proportion of recent overseas arrivals fell by 18 percentage points since 2011.
18.6% ▼ -49.2%
Higher than 79% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 36.6%
- 2016: 20.1%
- 2021: 18.6%
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 Emerald [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/308011192/emerald/topic/mobility-location