43.2% ▼ -6.0%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 46.0%
- 2016: 48.7%
- 2021: 43.2%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Eight Mile Plains · Suburb / Locality
Migration & Movement in Eight Mile Plains
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Far more people move in and out of Eight Mile Plains than in most similar areas. Around 43% of residents have changed homes in the last five years, and recent overseas arrivals make up nearly 16% of the population.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Moving is common here, with 43.2% of people arriving 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 overseas arrivals make up 15.8% of the population, which is much higher than most similar areas. This is a little above both the Queensland rate of 13.7% and the national figure of 14.5%.
15.8% ▼ -44.5%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.4%
- 2016: 24.2%
- 2021: 15.8%
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 Eight Mile Plains [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30950/eight-mile-plains/topic/mobility-location