31.2% ▼ -9.6%
Lower than 78% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 34.5%
- 2016: 31.7%
- 2021: 31.2%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Ayr · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in Ayr
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
A striking 31.5% of people in Ayr arrived from overseas recently, making it one of the highest areas for new arrivals at this level. While the town is welcoming a large number of people from abroad, it is much more stable internally, as far fewer residents have moved house recently compared to the rest of the country.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Only 31.2% of residents moved home in the last five years, which is far below the Queensland figure of 44.8%. This proportion has fallen by 3.3 percentage points since 2011, showing the area is much less mobile than most other places.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 31.5% of the population, which is far above the national figure of 14.5%. This has risen by 8.5 percentage points since 2011, placing Ayr among the highest areas for new arrivals from abroad.
31.5% ▲ +37.2%
Higher than 96% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 22.9%
- 2016: 18.8%
- 2021: 31.5%
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 Ayr [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/318011460/ayr/topic/mobility-location