78.8% ▼ -12.7%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 90.3%
- 2016: 70.2%
- 2021: 78.8%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Springfield Central · Suburb / Locality
Migration & Movement in Springfield Central
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Nearly 79% of people in Springfield Central have moved house in the last five years, making it one of the most mobile areas in the region. This high turnover is driven by a huge influx of new residents, including a very large number of people arriving from overseas.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
People moving home is far above the national figure, with 78.8% of residents arriving in the last five years. This is much higher than the 44.8% seen across Queensland.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 33.3% of the population, a figure far above the 14.5% national average. This high level of overseas migration helps explain why so many people have moved into the area recently.
33.3% ▼ -50.9%
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 67.9%
- 2016: 36.4%
- 2021: 33.3%
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 Springfield Central [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32629/springfield-central/topic/mobility-location