53.6% ▼ -3.8%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 55.7%
- 2016: 54.9%
- 2021: 53.6%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Paddington · Suburb / Locality
Migration & Movement in Paddington
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Over half of the people in Paddington moved here in the last five years. This high turnover makes it one of the most mobile areas in the region, with a population that is much more likely to change than in the rest of the country.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 53.6% of residents have moved house since 2016, which is far above the national figure of 40.7%. This rate is among the highest for similar areas and well above the Queensland average.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Overseas arrivals are common here, with 16.4% of people arriving from another country recently. This is much higher than most areas and sits a little above both the state and national figures.
16.4% ▼ -39.3%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.0%
- 2016: 20.9%
- 2021: 16.4%
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 Paddington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32250/paddington/topic/mobility-location