67.0% ▲ +74.7%
Higher than 99% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 38.4%
- 2016: 38.8%
- 2021: 67.0%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
South Brisbane · State Electorate
Migration & Movement in South Brisbane
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
A huge surge in mobility defines South Brisbane, where the proportion of people moving into the area has jumped 29 percentage points since 2011. Now, 67% of residents have moved home in the last five years, making it one of the most transient places in the region.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
The number of people who moved here in the last five years is far above the national figure of 40.7% and the Queensland figure of 44.8%. This high turnover is among the highest for similar areas.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 32.2% of the population, which is far above the 14.5% seen across Australia. This figure has risen 18 percentage points since 2011.
32.2% ▲ +123.2%
Higher than 99% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 14.4%
- 2016: 10.6%
- 2021: 32.2%
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 South Brisbane [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30076/south-brisbane/topic/mobility-location