45.2% ▼ -0.9%
Higher than 78% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 45.6%
- 2016: 44.3%
- 2021: 45.2%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Toowoomba · Sub-region (SA3)
Migration & Movement in Toowoomba
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Much higher proportions of people move into Toowoomba than most other areas. This movement is driven by a very high number of overseas arrivals, with over a quarter of the population moving from abroad.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 45.2% of residents moved home in the last five years. This is well above the national figure of 40.7% and is a rate that has barely changed since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Overseas arrivals make up 26.4% of the population, which is among the highest rates for areas of this size. This is far above both the Queensland figure of 13.7% and the national average of 14.5%.
26.4% ▼ -0.9%
Higher than 93% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 26.6%
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 26.4%
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 Toowoomba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/31701/toowoomba/topic/mobility-location