46.3% ▲ +23.4%
Higher than 82% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 37.6%
- 2016: 38.2%
- 2021: 46.3%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Barron River · State Electorate
Migration & Movement in Barron River
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Nearly half of all residents in Barron River have moved house in the last five years. This high rate of movement makes the area much more mobile than most similar places across the country.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 46.3% of people moved here in the last five years, which is well above the national figure of 40.7%. This is a growing trend, with the proportion of movers rising 8.8 points since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 9.1% of the population, a figure that is well below both the Queensland and Australian averages. This is a significant drop from 2011, when the proportion was 18.4%.
9.1% ▼ -50.7%
Lower than 69% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 18.4%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 9.1%
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 Barron River [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30004/barron-river/topic/mobility-location