45.2% ▼ -10.9%
Higher than 75% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 50.8%
- 2016: 44.8%
- 2021: 45.2%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Browns Plains · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in Browns Plains
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Nearly half of all residents in Browns Plains have moved house within the last five years. This high level of mobility makes the area much more transient than most similar places, although the proportion of people moving has fallen since 2011.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 45.2% of people moved here in the last five years, which is much higher than most areas and well above the national figure of 40.7%. This is a slight increase over the Queensland average.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 10.7% of the population, which is well below the Australian average of 14.5%. This figure has dropped significantly from 22.8% in 2011.
10.7% ▼ -52.8%
Lower than 51% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 22.8%
- 2016: 17.5%
- 2021: 10.7%
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 Browns Plains [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/311031312/browns-plains/topic/mobility-location