42.0% ▼ -4.7%
Higher than 66% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 44.0%
- 2016: 39.2%
- 2021: 42.0%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Rockhampton City · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in Rockhampton City
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Frequent arrivals of new residents shape the daily life of Rockhampton City, where a high number of people have moved into the area recently. Over a fifth of the population has arrived from overseas, making the city much more diverse than the state and national figures.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 42% of people moved here in the last five years, which is higher than most similar areas. This is slightly above the national figure of 40.7%, though it has fallen by 2 percentage points since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
People who arrived from overseas make up 21.4% of the population, a figure well above both the Queensland average of 13.7% and the national figure of 14.5%.
21.4% ▼ -11.7%
Higher than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 24.2%
- 2016: 19.6%
- 2021: 21.4%
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 Rockhampton City [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/308031217/rockhampton-city/topic/mobility-location