44.9% ▼ -6.5%
Higher than 81% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 48.0%
- 2016: 47.9%
- 2021: 44.9%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Gladstone · Urban Area
Migration & Movement in Gladstone
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
A much higher share of people have moved into Gladstone recently compared to most other areas. Nearly 45% of residents arrived in the last five years, which is well above the national figure. This high level of movement reflects a dynamic local population, though the trend has dipped slightly since 2011.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 44.9% of residents moved house in the last five years. This is much higher than most areas and sits well above the Australian average of 40.7%, though it is about the same as the Queensland figure.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 11.6% of the population, which is a little below both the state and national figures. This is a significant drop from 2011, when the proportion of new arrivals from overseas was 20.8%.
11.6% ▼ -44.4%
Lower than 58% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 20.8%
- 2016: 15.7%
- 2021: 11.6%
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).
More for Gladstone
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Migration & Movement in Gladstone [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/3006/gladstone/topic/mobility-location