68.6% ▲ +12.2%
Higher than 99% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 61.2%
- 2016: 63.5%
- 2021: 68.6%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Brisbane Inner · Sub-region (SA3)
Migration & Movement in Brisbane Inner
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
A massive 68.6% of people in Brisbane Inner moved house in the last five years, which is far above the national figure of 40.7%. This high level of mobility defines the area's shifting population. It is one of the most transient places in the region, shaped by both local moves and a high number of arrivals from overseas.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Nearly 69% of residents moved here within the last five years, a rate that rose 7.5 percentage points since 2011. This is far above the 44.8% seen across Queensland.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 35.7% of the population, which is far above the Australian figure of 14.5%. While still among the highest for similar areas, this figure fell 6.9 percentage points from 2011.
35.7% ▼ -16.2%
Higher than 99% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 42.6%
- 2016: 41.6%
- 2021: 35.7%
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 Brisbane Inner [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/30501/brisbane-inner/topic/mobility-location