44.6% ▲ +1.6%
Higher than 77% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 43.9%
- 2016: 44.3%
- 2021: 44.6%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Brisbane - West · Region (SA4)
Migration & Movement in Brisbane - West
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Almost 45% of people in Brisbane - West have moved house in the last five years. This high rate of churn is much higher than most similar areas, making it a very mobile part of the city.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 44.6% of residents moved recently, which is well above the national figure of 40.7%. This trend has remained steady since 2011, when the figure was 43.9%.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 15.3% of the population, which is a little above the Queensland figure. However, this is a significant drop from 2011, when 25.4% of people had arrived from abroad recently.
15.3% ▼ -39.9%
Higher than 61% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 25.4%
- 2016: 22.1%
- 2021: 15.3%
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 Brisbane - West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa4/304/brisbane-west/topic/mobility-location