48.3% ▼ -15.9%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 57.5%
- 2016: 51.0%
- 2021: 48.3%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Pelican Waters · Suburb / Locality
Migration & Movement in Pelican Waters
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Nearly half of all residents in Pelican Waters have moved house in the last five years. This high turnover makes the area much more mobile than most of Australia, as people frequently relocate into the community.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 48.3% of people moved here within the last five years, a figure that is well above both the Queensland and national rates. This movement is among the highest seen in similar areas.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 8.9% of the population. While this is higher than in many other areas, it remains well below the figures for Queensland and Australia.
8.9% ▼ -62.4%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.6%
- 2016: 8.0%
- 2021: 8.9%
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 Pelican Waters [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32294/pelican-waters/topic/mobility-location