29.5% ▼ -1.1%
Lower than 85% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 29.9%
- 2016: 29.2%
- 2021: 29.5%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Townsville - South · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in Townsville - South
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Far fewer people move into Townsville - South compared to most similar areas. Only 29.5% of residents have changed their home in the last five years, showing a very stable population that has barely changed since 2011.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
The 29.5% who moved recently is far below the Queensland figure of 44.8% and the national figure of 40.7%. This level of stability is much lower than most other areas.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up just 3.1% of the population, which is among the lowest for similar areas. This is far below the national figure of 14.5% and has fallen since 2011.
3.1% ▼ -41.7%
Lower than 96% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 0.7%
- 2021: 3.1%
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 Townsville - South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/318021489/townsville-south/topic/mobility-location