44.4% ▼ -6.0%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 47.3%
- 2016: 43.7%
- 2021: 44.4%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
North Toowoomba · Suburb / Locality
Migration & Movement in North Toowoomba
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
More people have moved into North Toowoomba recently than in previous years. The area is now a major hub for new arrivals, with 41.6% of residents having moved here from overseas.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 44.4% of residents moved here in the last five years, which is much higher than most similar areas. This rate is about the same as the Queensland figure and well above the national average.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
A huge 41.6% of people recently arrived from overseas, a figure that is far above both the state and national averages. This is among the highest proportions of overseas arrivals seen at this level.
41.6% ▲ +239.1%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 19.0%
- 2021: 41.6%
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 North Toowoomba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32186/north-toowoomba/topic/mobility-location