40.5% ▲ +5.1%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.5%
- 2016: 40.5%
- 2021: 40.5%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Lawnton · Suburb / Locality
Migration & Movement in Lawnton
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Forty per cent of Lawnton residents have moved house in the last five years. This high level of mobility shows a population in flux, though the area sees far fewer new overseas arrivals than the national average.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 40.5% of people here changed homes in the last five years. While this is much higher than most similar areas, it is well below the Queensland figure of 44.8%.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 10.2% of the population. This is higher than most similar areas, but remains well below the 14.5% seen across Australia.
10.2% ▼ -53.4%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.8%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 10.2%
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 Lawnton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31647/lawnton/topic/mobility-location