44.2% —
Higher than 73% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 42.2%
- 2021: 44.2%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
West Gladstone · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in West Gladstone
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
A sharp drop in overseas arrivals has shifted the movement patterns in West Gladstone since 2016. While 44.2% of residents moved here in the last five years, the proportion of people arriving from abroad has fallen significantly.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 44.2% of the population moved into West Gladstone in the last five years, which is higher than most similar areas. This figure is about the same as the Queensland average and rose slightly from 2016.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 12.4% of the population, which is a little below the national figure of 14.5%. This is a steep decline from 2016, when the proportion of new arrivals from overseas was 30.1%.
12.4% —
Higher than 58% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 30.1%
- 2021: 12.4%
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 West Gladstone [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/308051539/west-gladstone/topic/mobility-location