48.9% ▲ +2.3%
Higher than 83% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 47.9%
- 2016: 45.4%
- 2021: 48.9%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Toowoomba - East · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in Toowoomba - East
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Nearly half of all residents in Toowoomba - East have moved house in the last five years. This high turnover is partly driven by a significant number of people arriving from overseas, making the area much more mobile than most other parts of the country.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Almost 49% of people moved here within the last five years, a figure well above both the Queensland and national rates. This trend has risen slightly since 2011, when the figure was 47.9%.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 23% of the population, which is much higher than most areas. This is well above the national figure of 14.5% and has risen by 5.7 percentage points since 2011.
23.0% ▲ +32.7%
Higher than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 17.4%
- 2016: 17.2%
- 2021: 23.0%
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 Toowoomba - East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/317011457/toowoomba-east/topic/mobility-location