24.1% ▲ +43.2%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.8%
- 2016: 15.1%
- 2021: 24.1%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Pormpuraaw · Suburb / Locality
Migration & Movement in Pormpuraaw
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Nearly 27% of people in Pormpuraaw recently arrived from overseas, a figure far above the national average. While international arrivals are high, the area is very stable for locals, as few residents have changed their home in recent years.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Only 24.1% of residents moved house in the last five years. This is much lower than most other areas and sits far below the Queensland figure of 44.8%.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Overseas arrivals make up 27.3% of the population, which is among the highest levels for similar areas. This is far above the 14.5% seen across Australia.
27.3% —
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 27.3%
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 Pormpuraaw [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32349/pormpuraaw/topic/mobility-location