27.2% ▼ -14.9%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.0%
- 2016: 30.4%
- 2021: 27.2%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Alpha · Suburb / Locality
Migration & Movement in Alpha
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Fewer people move into Alpha than in most similar areas, though a surprising number of residents have arrived from overseas. Only 27.2% of the population has changed homes in the last five years, suggesting a very stable local community.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Only 27.2% of people moved house in the last five years. This is far below the figures for Queensland (44.8%) and Australia (40.7%), and is lower than most other areas.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 11.1% of the population, which is higher than in most similar areas. This is a little below the Queensland figure of 13.7% and well below the Australian average of 14.5%.
11.1% ▼ -22.2%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.3%
- 2021: 11.1%
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 Alpha [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30045/alpha/topic/mobility-location