22.0% ▼ -15.0%
Lower than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 25.9%
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 22.0%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Tablelands · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in Tablelands
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Fewer people move in and out of Tablelands than in almost any other similar area. Only 22% of residents have changed homes in the last five years, which is far below the national figure of 40.7%. This suggests a very stable population where people tend to stay put for long periods.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
The proportion of people who moved in the last five years fell to 22% in 2021, down from 25.9% in 2011. This rate is far below the Queensland figure of 44.8% and is among the lowest for areas of this size.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 10.8% of the population, a figure that rose 3.1 points since 2011. This is a little below the Queensland average of 13.7% and well below the Australian figure of 14.5%.
10.8% ▲ +39.5%
Higher than 50% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 7.8%
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 10.8%
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 Tablelands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/315011400/tablelands/topic/mobility-location