72.0% ▲ +187.2%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.1%
- 2016: 41.4%
- 2021: 72.0%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Ripley · Suburb / Locality
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
A massive 72% of people in Ripley have moved house in the last five years. This makes it one of the most mobile areas in the country, far exceeding both the state and national figures. This high level of movement is mirrored by a strong flow of people arriving from overseas.
People who moved in the last five years.
The proportion of residents who moved in the last five years is far above the Queensland figure of 44.8% and the Australian figure of 40.7%. This level of movement is among the highest seen across similar areas.
72.0% ▲ +187.2%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 17.3% of the population, which is much higher than most areas. This is well above the 13.7% seen across Queensland and a little above the national figure of 14.5%.
17.3% ▲ +184.9%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of overseas-born residents who arrived in Australia in the five years before the census.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Migration & Movement in Ripley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32433/ripley/topic/mobility-location