37.2% ▼ -5.2%
Lower than 53% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 39.2%
- 2016: 38.5%
- 2021: 37.2%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Lakes Creek · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in Lakes Creek
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Nearly 30% of people in Lakes Creek arrived from overseas recently, making it an area with a very high proportion of new arrivals. While international migration is strong, fewer people have moved between houses within the country compared to the national average.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 37.2% of residents moved house in the last five years, which is well below the Australian figure of 40.7% and the Queensland rate of 44.8%. This movement has fallen slightly since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 29.3% of the population, a figure far above the national average of 14.5%. This standing is among the highest for similar areas, though the proportion dipped slightly from 30.7% in 2011.
29.3% ▼ -4.5%
Higher than 93% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 30.7%
- 2016: 30.4%
- 2021: 29.3%
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 Lakes Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/308031211/lakes-creek/topic/mobility-location