36.5% ▼ -3.7%
Lower than 56% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 37.9%
- 2016: 36.5%
- 2021: 36.5%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Petrie · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in Petrie
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Far fewer people are moving into or arriving in Petrie than in most other parts of the country. This creates a very stable residential feel, as only 36.5% of people have changed their home in the last five years.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
The proportion of residents who moved in the last five years is well below the Queensland figure of 44.8% and the Australian average of 40.7%. This figure has fallen slightly since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Overseas arrivals are much lower here than in most areas, with only 6.0% of the population arriving from abroad recently. This is well below the national figure of 14.5% and represents a sharp drop from 2011.
6.0% ▼ -56.2%
Lower than 78% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 13.8%
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 6.0%
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 Petrie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/314031393/petrie/topic/mobility-location