69.2% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 69.4%
- 2021: 69.2%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Lizard · Suburb / Locality
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
High turnover defines life in Lizard, where 69.2% of people have moved here in the last five years. This is far above the national figure, making it one of the most transient areas in the region.
People who moved in the last five years.
Movement is very frequent here, with the proportion of people who moved in the last five years being far above the Queensland figure of 44.8%.
69.2% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Overseas arrivals make up 66.7% of the population, a figure far above the 14.5% seen across Australia. This high level of recent international arrivals helps explain why so many people have moved to the area recently.
66.7% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of overseas-born residents who arrived in Australia in the five years before the census.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Migration & Movement in Lizard [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31669/lizard/topic/mobility-location