58.9% ▲ +15.4%
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 51.0%
- 2016: 41.9%
- 2021: 58.9%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Jacobs Well · Suburb / Locality
Migration & Movement in Jacobs Well
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
More than half of the residents in Jacobs Well have moved house recently, reflecting a significant shift in the local population since 2011. This high level of movement is the most striking feature of the area, with 58.9% of people arriving within the last five years.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Movement into the area is very high, with 58.9% of people moving in the last five years. This is far above the Queensland figure of 44.8% and the national figure of 40.7%, placing it among the highest for similar areas.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 7.4% of the population. This is well below both the Queensland figure of 13.7% and the Australian figure of 14.5%.
7.4% ▼ -33.0%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 7.4%
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 Jacobs Well [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31424/jacobs-well/topic/mobility-location