46.5% ▲ +5.1%
Higher than 84% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 44.2%
- 2016: 46.0%
- 2021: 46.5%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Brisbane - South · Region (SA4)
Migration & Movement in Brisbane - South
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
A sharp decline in new overseas arrivals has shifted the movement patterns in Brisbane - South since 2011. While the proportion of recent international migrants fell by 11 percentage points, the area remains a high-turnover hub. Nearly half of all residents have changed their address within the last five years.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Movement is much higher here than in most areas, with 46.5% of people moving in the last five years. This is well above the national figure of 40.7% and has risen slightly since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 15.7% of the population, which is higher than most areas. This is a little above the Queensland figure of 13.7%, though it has dropped significantly from 26.6% in 2011.
15.7% ▼ -40.9%
Higher than 64% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 26.6%
- 2016: 22.2%
- 2021: 15.7%
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 - South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa4/303/brisbane-south/topic/mobility-location