50.7% ▲ +6.9%
Higher than 89% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 47.5%
- 2016: 49.1%
- 2021: 50.7%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Southport · Sub-region (SA3)
Migration & Movement in Southport
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Over 10 percentage points more people have moved to Southport in the last five years compared to the national figure. This high level of mobility makes it one of the most transient areas in the region. Roughly half of all residents are new to the area, and many have arrived from overseas.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 50.7% of people here moved house within the last five years, which is much higher than most areas. This figure is well above the Queensland average of 44.8% and has risen since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 18.4% of the population, a figure well above both the state and national averages. However, this proportion fell by 6.5 percentage points compared to the 2011 census.
18.4% ▼ -26.2%
Higher than 77% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 24.9%
- 2016: 22.2%
- 2021: 18.4%
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 Southport [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/30909/southport/topic/mobility-location