41.7% ▲ +4.7%
Higher than 66% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 39.8%
- 2016: 38.8%
- 2021: 41.7%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Queanbeyan · Sub-region (SA3)
Migration & Movement in Queanbeyan
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
More people have moved into Queanbeyan recently than in most similar areas. About 41.7% of residents shifted home in the last five years, showing the area is seeing more movement than the state and national figures.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
The proportion of people who moved house in the last five years rose to 41.7% since 2011. This is a little above the New South Wales figure of 39.9% and about the same as the national average.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 12.1% of the population, which is around the middle for similar areas. This figure is a little below the national rate of 14.5% and has fallen 3.2 points since 2011.
12.1% ▼ -20.9%
Lower than 53% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 15.2%
- 2016: 13.9%
- 2021: 12.1%
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 Queanbeyan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/10102/queanbeyan/topic/mobility-location