40.5% ▼ -4.9%
Higher than 60% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 42.6%
- 2016: 38.7%
- 2021: 40.5%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Wide Bay · Region (SA4)
Migration & Movement in Wide Bay
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
A much lower share of overseas arrivals defines Wide Bay compared to the rest of the state. While about 40.5% of the population has moved house in the last five years, the region attracts far fewer people from abroad than the national average.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 40.5% of people moved house in the last five years, which is higher than most similar areas. This figure is about the same as the national average, though it is well below the Queensland rate of 44.8% and has fallen slightly since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 9.5% of the population, a figure that is much lower than most other areas. This is well below both the Queensland (13.7%) and Australian (14.5%) figures, and the proportion has fallen since 2011.
9.5% ▼ -12.8%
Lower than 76% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 9.5%
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 Wide Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa4/319/wide-bay/topic/mobility-location