39.9% ▼ -17.4%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 48.3%
- 2016: 41.2%
- 2021: 39.9%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Longreach · Suburb / Locality
Migration & Movement in Longreach
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Nearly 19% of people in Longreach have arrived from overseas recently, a figure well above the national and state levels. This makes it a much more international place than most similar areas. While many residents have moved recently, the overall turnover is slightly lower than in the rest of Queensland.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 40% of residents moved here in the last five years, which is much higher than in most similar areas. This is about the same as the Australian figure, though it sits well below the Queensland rate.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 18.9% of the population. This is well above the 13.7% seen across Queensland and the 14.5% national figure.
18.9% ▼ -15.7%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.4%
- 2016: 16.4%
- 2021: 18.9%
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 Longreach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31685/longreach/topic/mobility-location