51.0% ▼ -15.7%
Higher than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 60.5%
- 2016: 59.6%
- 2021: 51.0%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Moranbah · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in Moranbah
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Fewer people have moved into Moranbah recently, though it remains a highly transient place. Over half the population shifted here in the last five years, and overseas arrivals are much more common than in most other areas.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
More than half of residents (51.0%) moved here in the last five years, which is far above the national figure of 40.7%. This is a high rate of movement, even though it fell 9.5 percentage points since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 18.3% of the population, which is well above both the state and national figures. This proportion has dropped significantly from 34.8% in 2011.
18.3% ▼ -47.5%
Higher than 78% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 34.8%
- 2016: 21.6%
- 2021: 18.3%
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 Moranbah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/312011341/moranbah/topic/mobility-location