37.3% —
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Preston · Suburb / Locality
Migration & Movement in Preston
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Nearly 14% of people in Preston arrived from overseas recently, a figure much higher than in most similar areas. While the area sees a fair amount of movement, the proportion of people who have changed homes in the last five years is lower than the national figure.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 37.3% of residents moved house in the last five years. This is higher than in most similar areas, though it remains well below the Queensland figure of 44.8% and the Australian figure of 40.7%.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 14.4% of the population. This is much higher than most similar areas, although it is about the same as the figures for Queensland and Australia.
14.4% —
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
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 Preston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32362/preston/topic/mobility-location