45.7% ▲ +17.1%
Higher than 76% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 39.0%
- 2016: 40.5%
- 2021: 45.7%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Lawnton · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in Lawnton
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Nearly 46% of people in Lawnton have moved house in the last five years. This is much higher than most areas and represents a rise of 6.7 percentage points since 2011, making it a very mobile community.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 45.7% of residents moved recently, which is well above the national figure of 40.7% and about the same as the Queensland average.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 10.4% of the population, which is well below both the state and national figures. This is a sharp drop from 2011, when that figure was 21.5%.
10.4% ▼ -51.7%
Lower than 52% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 21.5%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 10.4%
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 Lawnton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/314031392/lawnton/topic/mobility-location