42.0% ▼ -1.6%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 42.7%
- 2016: 34.6%
- 2021: 42.0%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Childers · Suburb / Locality
Migration & Movement in Childers
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
A huge surge in international arrivals has reshaped the feel of Childers. Over a third of the community arrived from overseas recently, making it far more diverse than the typical Queensland town.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 42% of residents moved here in the last five years. This is much higher than most similar areas, though it sits a little below the Queensland figure of 44.8%.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 36.1% of the population. This is among the highest rates for this type of area and is far above the national figure of 14.5%.
36.1% ▲ +33.1%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.1%
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 36.1%
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 Childers [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30600/childers/topic/mobility-location