51.3% ▲ +14.3%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 44.9%
- 2016: 46.1%
- 2021: 51.3%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Sherwood · Suburb / Locality
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Over half of the people in Sherwood have moved house in the last five years. This reflects a highly mobile population, with 51.3% of residents changing homes recently—a figure far above the national average.
People who moved in the last five years.
A high number of residents have recently relocated, with 51.3% moving in the last five years. This is well above the Queensland figure of 44.8% and among the highest rates seen in similar areas.
51.3% ▲ +14.3%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Overseas arrivals are common here, with 16.2% of people having recently moved from another country. This is a little above both the state and national figures and is much higher than in most other areas.
16.2% ▼ -38.8%
Higher than 81% 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 Sherwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32554/sherwood/topic/mobility-location