70.1% ▲ +27.1%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 55.2%
- 2016: 59.6%
- 2021: 70.1%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Woolloongabba · Suburb / Locality
Migration & Movement in Woolloongabba
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
A massive 70.1% of Woolloongabba residents 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 people from abroad, with the area's overseas arrival rate sitting far above the national figure.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Movement is very high here, with 70.1% of people moving in the last five years. This is far above the 44.8% seen in Queensland and the 40.7% recorded across Australia.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
The area's high mobility is consistent with a large number of overseas arrivals, who make up 37.4% of the population. This is far above both the state figure of 13.7% and the national rate of 14.5%.
37.4% ▼ -9.0%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 41.1%
- 2016: 38.9%
- 2021: 37.4%
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 Woolloongabba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33144/woolloongabba/topic/mobility-location