53.0% ▼ -28.6%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 74.2%
- 2016: 62.0%
- 2021: 53.0%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
North Lakes · Suburb / Locality
Migration & Movement in North Lakes
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
More than half of the people in North Lakes have moved house in the last five years, a figure far above the national average. This high turnover makes the area one of the most mobile places in the region, though it attracts fewer new overseas arrivals than the typical Australian suburb.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Over 53% of residents moved to North Lakes in the last five years, which is well above the Queensland figure of 44.8% and among the highest rates for similar areas.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 11.4% of the population, which is higher than most areas but remains well below the Australian average of 14.5%.
11.4% ▼ -71.1%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 39.4%
- 2016: 20.9%
- 2021: 11.4%
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 North Lakes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32178/north-lakes/topic/mobility-location