46.2% ▼ -5.4%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 48.9%
- 2016: 42.6%
- 2021: 46.2%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Rockhampton City · Suburb / Locality
Migration & Movement in Rockhampton City
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Much more of the population has moved recently in Rockhampton City compared to most similar areas. This is a highly mobile place where nearly half of the residents have changed homes in the last five years.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 46.2% of people moved home in the last five years, which is much higher than most areas. This figure is well above the Australian average of 40.7%.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 24.8% of the population, one of the highest rates for this kind of area. This is far above both the Queensland figure of 13.7% and the national average of 14.5%.
24.8% ▼ -15.9%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.5%
- 2016: 20.4%
- 2021: 24.8%
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 Rockhampton City [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32449/rockhampton-city/topic/mobility-location