41.1% ▼ -1.0%
Higher than 63% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 41.5%
- 2016: 42.2%
- 2021: 41.1%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Bowen · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in Bowen
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Nearly 30% of people in Bowen arrived from overseas recently, a figure far above the national average. This makes the area one of the most welcoming to new international arrivals at its level, while internal movement has remained steady for a decade.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 41.1% of residents moved house in the last five years, which is higher than most similar areas. This rate is about the same as the national figure and has barely changed since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Overseas arrivals make up 29.4% of the population, which is far above the figures for Queensland and Australia. This proportion has risen by 2.5 percentage points since 2011.
29.4% ▲ +9.2%
Higher than 94% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 26.9%
- 2016: 24.5%
- 2021: 29.4%
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 Bowen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/312011337/bowen/topic/mobility-location