74.9% ▲ +14.3%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 65.5%
- 2016: 72.0%
- 2021: 74.9%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
South Brisbane · Suburb / Locality
Migration & Movement in South Brisbane
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Far more people have recently moved to South Brisbane than in other parts of the country. About 75% of residents have changed their address in the last five years, reflecting a highly mobile population where international arrivals play a major role.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Nearly 75% of people here moved home in the last five years, which is far above the Queensland figure of 44.8% and the national rate of 40.7%. This is among the highest levels of movement seen in similar areas.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 42.8% of the population, which is far above the 13.7% seen in Queensland and the 14.5% across Australia.
42.8% ▼ -17.6%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 51.9%
- 2016: 47.7%
- 2021: 42.8%
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 South Brisbane [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32587/south-brisbane/topic/mobility-location