42.3% ▲ +9.9%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.5%
- 2016: 43.9%
- 2021: 42.3%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Chelmer · Suburb / Locality
Migration & Movement in Chelmer
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Much higher rates of movement than most similar areas define Chelmer, where 42.3% of people have changed homes in the last five years. This makes it a dynamic place to live, with a high proportion of residents both moving in and arriving from overseas.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 42.3% of residents moved home in the last five years, a figure much higher than in most similar areas. This is a little above the national figure of 40.7%, though it sits a little below the Queensland rate of 44.8%.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 15.4% of the population, which is much higher than in most similar areas. This is a little above the Queensland average of 13.7% and about the same as the national figure of 14.5%.
15.4% ▼ -26.3%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.9%
- 2016: 21.0%
- 2021: 15.4%
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 Chelmer [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30588/chelmer/topic/mobility-location