14.0% ▼ -13.9%
Lower than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 16.2%
- 2016: 16.5%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Wacol · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in Wacol
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Far fewer people move into or arrive from overseas in Wacol compared to the rest of the state. Only 14% of residents moved house in the last five years, which is far below the Queensland figure of 44.8%. This suggests a very stable population where people tend to stay put for long periods.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Only 14% of people here moved in the last five years, a figure that is far below the national average and among the lowest for similar areas. This rate has fallen by 2.3 points since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 5.6% of the population, which is well below the national figure of 14.5%. This proportion of new arrivals has fallen by 4.3 points since 2011.
5.6% ▼ -43.2%
Lower than 81% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 9.9%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 5.6%
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 Wacol [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/310011276/wacol/topic/mobility-location