56.6% ▼ -23.7%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 74.1%
- 2016: 65.6%
- 2021: 56.6%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Meridan Plains · Suburb / Locality
Migration & Movement in Meridan Plains
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
More than half of all residents in Meridan Plains have moved house in the last five years. This high turnover makes it one of the most mobile areas in the region, with 56.6% of people arriving recently.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
The proportion of people who moved in the last five years is far above the national figure of 40.7% and the Queensland figure of 44.8%. This level of movement is among the highest for similar areas.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 13.5% of the population, which is much higher than most other areas. This figure is about the same as the rates for both Queensland and Australia.
13.5% ▼ -27.8%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.8%
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 13.5%
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 Meridan Plains [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31807/meridan-plains/topic/mobility-location