55.2% ▼ -1.5%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 56.0%
- 2016: 52.6%
- 2021: 55.2%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Queanbeyan East · Suburb / Locality
Migration & Movement in Queanbeyan East
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
More people have moved into Queanbeyan East recently than in most similar areas. Over half the population has changed homes in the last five years, reflecting a highly mobile community with a strong pull for both local and international arrivals.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 55.2% of residents moved house in the last five years. This is far above the New South Wales figure of 39.9% and the national average of 40.7%.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
The area is a major draw for newcomers, with 22.7% of people arriving from overseas recently. This is well above the figures for both New South Wales (14.9%) and Australia (14.5%).
22.7% ▼ -36.1%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.5%
- 2016: 27.2%
- 2021: 22.7%
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 Queanbeyan East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13305/queanbeyan-east/topic/mobility-location