51.5% ▲ +2.4%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 50.3%
- 2016: 47.2%
- 2021: 51.5%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Thornlands · Suburb / Locality
Migration & Movement in Thornlands
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
More than half of the people in Thornlands have changed their address in the last five years. This high level of movement suggests a very fluid local population where new residents are frequently arriving.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Over 51% of residents moved here within the last five years, a figure that is far above the national average of 40.7%. This is among the highest rates of movement seen in similar areas.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 7.9% of the population, which is well below both the Queensland figure of 13.7% and the Australian average of 14.5%.
7.9% ▼ -60.1%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.9%
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 7.9%
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 Thornlands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32815/thornlands/topic/mobility-location