23.1% ▼ -18.6%
Lower than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 28.3%
- 2016: 24.3%
- 2021: 23.1%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Rockhampton Surrounds - West · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in Rockhampton Surrounds - West
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Far fewer people have moved into Rockhampton Surrounds - West recently than in other parts of the country. Only 23.1% of residents arrived in the last five years, suggesting a very stable population where people tend to stay put.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
The proportion of people who moved home in the last five years is far below the Queensland figure of 44.8% and the national figure of 40.7%. This rate has also fallen by 5.3 percentage points since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 11.1% of the population, which is a little below the Queensland average. This is a significant increase from 2011, when only 2.3% of residents had recently arrived from overseas.
11.1% ▲ +377.8%
Higher than 51% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.3%
- 2016: 8.7%
- 2021: 11.1%
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 Surrounds - West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/308031220/rockhampton-surrounds-west/topic/mobility-location