45.8% ▲ +19.8%
Higher than 80% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 38.2%
- 2016: 36.7%
- 2021: 45.8%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Macalister · State Electorate
Migration & Movement in Macalister
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
A well above national rate of movement defines Macalister, where 45.8% of people changed homes in the last five years. This high level of churn is a standout feature of the area's population movement.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Nearly 46% of residents moved into the area in the last five years, a figure that is much higher than most similar places. This is well above the national figure of 40.7% and has risen by 7.6 percentage points since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 9.2% of the population, which is lower than most areas. This is well below both the Queensland (13.7%) and Australian (14.5%) figures, and the proportion has fallen since 2011.
9.2% ▼ -30.1%
Lower than 69% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 13.1%
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 9.2%
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 Macalister [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30046/macalister/topic/mobility-location