41.0% ▲ +3.2%
Higher than 60% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 39.7%
- 2016: 35.2%
- 2021: 41.0%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Sandgate · State Electorate
Migration & Movement in Sandgate
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
A slow increase in people moving house since 2011 defines the recent trends in Sandgate. While 41% of residents shifted homes in the last five years, the proportion of people arriving from overseas has dropped to 11.3%. This mix of local movement and a decline in new international arrivals shapes the area's current growth.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 41% of people here moved house in the last five years, which is higher than most similar areas. This figure is about the same as the national average, though it is well below the Queensland figure of 44.8%.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 11.3% of the population, a figure that has fallen 3.2 points since 2011. This is well below the Australian average of 14.5% and a little below the state's 13.7%.
11.3% ▼ -22.1%
Lower than 55% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 14.5%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 11.3%
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 Sandgate [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30074/sandgate/topic/mobility-location