48.0% ▲ +8.4%
Higher than 81% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 44.3%
- 2016: 44.9%
- 2021: 48.0%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Toowoomba - West · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in Toowoomba - West
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Far more people have moved into Toowoomba - West recently than in most similar areas. Nearly half of all residents have changed their address in the last five years, marking the area as a high-growth hub for both local and international arrivals.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 48% of people here moved house in the last five years, a figure that is well above the national rate of 40.7%. This proportion has risen by 3.7 percentage points since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 15.7% of the population, which is a little above the Queensland figure of 13.7%. This has fallen slightly by 1.1 percentage points since 2011.
15.7% ▼ -6.3%
Higher than 72% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 16.8%
- 2016: 15.5%
- 2021: 15.7%
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 - West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/317011458/toowoomba-west/topic/mobility-location