63.3% ▼ -0.6%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 63.7%
- 2016: 59.8%
- 2021: 63.3%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Herston · Suburb / Locality
Migration & Movement in Herston
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
A high turnover of residents defines daily life in Herston, where 63.3% of people have changed homes in the last five years. This movement is driven by a very strong international presence, with more than a third of the population arriving from overseas recently.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
People move in and out of Herston far more often than elsewhere, with a movement rate 23 points higher than the national figure.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 35% of the population, a figure that is far above both the Queensland and Australian averages by 21 points.
35.0% ▼ -25.0%
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 46.7%
- 2016: 51.8%
- 2021: 35.0%
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 Herston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31324/herston/topic/mobility-location