35.4% ▼ -11.1%
Lower than 61% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 39.8%
- 2016: 35.2%
- 2021: 35.4%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Torres · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in Torres
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Nearly 14% of people in Torres arrived from overseas recently, which is a higher rate than most similar areas. This movement is contrasted by a low rate of local home-shifting, as the area is much more stable than the rest of the state.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Residents here are less likely to change homes, with 35.4% moving in the last five years. This is well below the Queensland figure of 44.8% and has fallen since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 13.9% of the population, which is about the same as the national figure. This proportion has dropped from 21.1% in 2011.
13.9% ▼ -34.0%
Higher than 64% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 21.1%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 13.9%
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 Torres [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/315011401/torres/topic/mobility-location