28.9% —
Lower than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 30.5%
- 2021: 28.9%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Banana · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in Banana
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Far fewer people have moved into Banana recently compared to most other areas, with only 28.9% changing homes in the last five years. This makes the region much more stable than the state and national averages. While many residents stay put, a small number of new arrivals from overseas still join the community.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Only 28.9% of residents moved house in the last five years, which is far below the Queensland figure of 44.8% and the national average of 40.7%. This rate has also fallen slightly since 2016.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 11.8% of the population, which is a little below the figures for both Queensland and Australia. This proportion has fallen by 5.9 points since the 2016 census.
11.8% —
Higher than 55% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 17.6%
- 2021: 11.8%
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 Banana [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/308041528/banana/topic/mobility-location