45.7% ▼ -13.8%
Higher than 76% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 53.0%
- 2016: 45.0%
- 2021: 45.7%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Springfield · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in Springfield
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Nearly 46% of residents in Springfield moved house within the last five years. This level of movement is much higher than most similar areas and well above the national figure. While the area remains mobile, this figure has fallen since 2011.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Almost 45.7% of people here changed homes in the last five years, which is about the same as the Queensland average. This is a decrease from 2011, when 53% of the population had moved recently.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 9.3% of the population, a figure that is well below both the state and national averages. This is a significant drop from 2011, when 20.9% of residents had arrived from overseas recently.
9.3% ▼ -55.4%
Lower than 58% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 20.9%
- 2016: 16.4%
- 2021: 9.3%
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 Springfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/310041303/springfield/topic/mobility-location