34.0% ▼ -29.8%
Lower than 79% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 48.4%
- 2016: 51.1%
- 2021: 34.0%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Cook · State Electorate
Migration & Movement in Cook
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
More than 17% of people in Cook arrived from overseas recently, which is higher than most areas. While the region attracts new international residents, it has seen a significant drop in the number of people moving between homes over the last decade.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Only 34.0% of residents moved house in the last five years, a figure that is far below the Queensland rate of 44.8%. This reflects a downward trend for the area, as the share of people moving fell by 14 points since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 17.1% of the population, which is well above the state figure of 13.7%. Despite this higher-than-average standing, the proportion of recent arrivals fell by 14 points between 2011 and 2021.
17.1% ▼ -45.5%
Higher than 72% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 31.3%
- 2016: 23.9%
- 2021: 17.1%
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 Cook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30021/cook/topic/mobility-location