57.9% ▲ +1.7%
Higher than 90% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 57.0%
- 2016: 57.7%
- 2021: 57.9%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Biggera Waters · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in Biggera Waters
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Nearly 58% of people in Biggera Waters have moved house in the last five years. This is far above the national figure of 40.7%, marking it as one of the most mobile areas in the region. While many move within Australia, a smaller number of residents have recently arrived from overseas.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
The proportion of people who moved in the last five years is 57.9%, which is far higher than the 44.8% seen across Queensland. This level of movement has risen slightly since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 14.2% of the population, a figure about the same as the state and national averages. However, this is much lower than in 2011, when the share was 25.8%.
14.2% ▼ -45.1%
Higher than 66% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 25.8%
- 2016: 23.3%
- 2021: 14.2%
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 Biggera Waters [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/309031236/biggera-waters/topic/mobility-location