41.8% —
Higher than 66% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2016: 45.4%
- 2021: 41.8%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Gladstone · Sub-region (SA3)
Migration & Movement in Gladstone
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
More people have moved to Gladstone recently than in most similar areas, with 41.8% of residents changing homes in the last five years. While the area remains quite mobile, the number of people arriving from overseas has dropped sharply in recent years.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 41.8% of people moved house in the last five years, which is higher than most similar areas. This is a little above the national figure of 40.7%, though it is well below Queensland's 44.8% and has fallen since 2016.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 10.3% of the population, a figure that is lower than most areas. This is well below both the state (13.7%) and national (14.5%) figures, and represents a sharp 11 point drop since 2016.
10.3% —
Lower than 63% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2016: 21.2%
- 2021: 10.3%
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 Gladstone [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/30805/gladstone/topic/mobility-location