47.8% ▲ +1.8%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 46.9%
- 2016: 47.6%
- 2021: 47.8%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Queanbeyan · Suburb / Locality
Migration & Movement in Queanbeyan
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Nearly half of all residents in Queanbeyan have moved house in the last five years. This high turnover is seen across the board, with the area attracting far more people from both other Australian regions and from overseas than the national average.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Almost 48% of people here changed homes in the last five years, which is much higher than most areas. This figure is well above the 39.9% seen across New South Wales.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 19.2% of the population. This is well above the national figure of 14.5% and much higher than most similar areas.
19.2% ▼ -21.1%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.3%
- 2016: 21.7%
- 2021: 19.2%
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 Queanbeyan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13304/queanbeyan/topic/mobility-location