49.1% ▼ -3.1%
Higher than 83% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 50.7%
- 2016: 48.4%
- 2021: 49.1%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Merrimac · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in Merrimac
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Nearly half of all residents in Merrimac have moved house in the last five years. This high turnover makes the area much more mobile than most other parts of the country, though the number of people arriving from overseas has dropped significantly.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 49.1% of people moved here in the last five years, which is well above the national figure of 40.7%. This is much higher than most areas, despite a small 1.6 percentage point dip since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 8.6% of the population, a figure well below the Queensland average of 13.7%. This has fallen sharply by 12 percentage points since 2011.
8.6% ▼ -58.1%
Lower than 62% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 20.5%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 8.6%
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 Merrimac [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/309081260/merrimac/topic/mobility-location