49.5% ▲ +9.9%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 45.0%
- 2016: 47.7%
- 2021: 49.5%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Northgate · Suburb / Locality
Migration & Movement in Northgate
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Nearly half of all residents in Northgate have moved house in the last five years, reflecting a highly mobile population. This suburb is far more dynamic than the national average, with a striking 21.9% of people arriving from overseas recently.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Almost half of the population, 49.5%, moved here within the last five years. This is well above the Queensland figure of 44.8% and significantly higher than the 40.7% seen across Australia.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
A very high proportion of the community are new arrivals from overseas, at 21.9%. This is much higher than most areas and well above both the state (13.7%) and national (14.5%) figures.
21.9% ▼ -30.7%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.6%
- 2016: 24.3%
- 2021: 21.9%
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 Northgate [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32188/northgate/topic/mobility-location