37.3% ▼ -19.3%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 46.2%
- 2016: 41.8%
- 2021: 37.3%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Lota · Suburb / Locality
Migration & Movement in Lota
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
More people have moved into Lota recently compared to many similar areas, though the shift is less dramatic than across the rest of the state. The area has seen a steady flow of new residents, with over a third of the population arriving in the last five years.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 37.3% of residents moved here in the last five years, which is higher than most similar areas. However, this is well below the 44.8% seen across Queensland and the 40.7% national figure.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 10.6% of the population, a figure that is higher than most similar areas. This is well below the state average of 13.7% and the Australian average of 14.5%.
10.6% ▼ -32.5%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.6%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 10.6%
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 Lota [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31686/lota/topic/mobility-location