45.6% ▲ +11.1%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 41.0%
- 2016: 44.9%
- 2021: 45.6%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Girraween · Suburb / Locality
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
More people have moved into Girraween recently than in previous years. Nearly half of all residents changed their home in the last five years, making it a highly mobile area compared to the rest of the country.
People who moved in the last five years.
About 45.6% of people moved house in the last five years. This is much higher than most similar areas and well above the national figure of 40.7%.
45.6% ▲ +11.1%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 17.6% of the population. This is well above the Australian average of 14.5% and a little above the New South Wales figure.
17.6% ▼ -9.2%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of overseas-born residents who arrived in Australia in the five years before the census.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Migration & Movement in Girraween [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11640/girraween/topic/mobility-location