41.7% ▼ -3.4%
Higher than 65% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 43.2%
- 2016: 42.6%
- 2021: 41.7%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Beenleigh · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in Beenleigh
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
A shifting population shapes daily life in Beenleigh, where over 40% of residents have moved home in the last five years. While people move in and out frequently, the number of new arrivals from overseas has dropped sharply over the last decade.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 41.7% of people here moved house in the last five years, which is higher than most similar areas. This figure is about the same as the national average, though it is well below the Queensland rate of 44.8%.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 9.6% of the population, a figure that is well below both the state and national averages. This is a significant drop from 2011, when 22.3% of residents had recently arrived from abroad.
9.6% ▼ -56.8%
Lower than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 22.3%
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 9.6%
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 Beenleigh [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/311021306/beenleigh/topic/mobility-location