49.2% ▲ +5.7%
Higher than 87% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 46.5%
- 2016: 43.9%
- 2021: 49.2%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Toowoomba South · State Electorate
Migration & Movement in Toowoomba South
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Nearly half of all residents in Toowoomba South have moved house in the last five years. This high level of movement is driven largely by a very high number of people arriving from overseas, which is far above the national figure.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 49.2% of people moved in the last five years, a figure that is well above both the Queensland and Australian averages. This trend has risen by 2.7 percentage points since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 28.6% of the population, which is among the highest for similar areas. This is far above the 14.5% national figure and has grown by 4.1 percentage points since 2011.
28.6% ▲ +16.7%
Higher than 96% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 24.5%
- 2016: 17.6%
- 2021: 28.6%
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 Toowoomba South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30087/toowoomba-south/topic/mobility-location