49.3% ▲ +7.4%
Higher than 83% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 45.9%
- 2016: 46.2%
- 2021: 49.3%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Toowoomba - Central · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in Toowoomba - Central
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Nearly half of all residents in Toowoomba - Central have moved house in the last five years, placing it well above most other areas. This high level of movement is driven by a huge number of overseas arrivals, with 31.7% of the population arriving from abroad recently.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 49.3% of people moved here in the last five years, which is much higher than most areas. This figure is well above the national average of 40.7% and has risen since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
The proportion of recent overseas arrivals is among the highest at this level, sitting at 31.7%. This is far above the Queensland figure of 13.7% and has grown by 5.3 percentage points since 2011.
31.7% ▲ +20.1%
Higher than 96% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 26.4%
- 2016: 22.5%
- 2021: 31.7%
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 Toowoomba - Central [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/317011456/toowoomba-central/topic/mobility-location