49.5% ▼ -0.7%
Higher than 84% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 49.8%
- 2016: 48.4%
- 2021: 49.5%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Gatton · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in Gatton
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Almost half of all residents in Gatton arrived from overseas recently, a figure far above the national average. This high level of international arrival contributes to a very mobile population, with nearly half of the community having moved home in the last five years.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 49.5% of people here have moved house since 2016, which is well above the figures for Queensland and Australia. This high rate of movement has stayed steady since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 47.0% of the population, which is among the highest across similar areas. While this is far above the national figure, it has fallen by 6.6 percentage points since 2011.
47.0% ▼ -12.4%
Higher than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 53.6%
- 2016: 52.3%
- 2021: 47.0%
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 Gatton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/317011448/gatton/topic/mobility-location