43.7% ▼ -2.0%
Higher than 75% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 44.6%
- 2016: 40.3%
- 2021: 43.7%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Townsville · Urban Area
Migration & Movement in Townsville
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
More than 43% of people in Townsville have moved house in the last five years. This high turnover means the area sees far more movement than most similar places, though the proportion of residents who have recently arrived from overseas remains steady.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 43.7% of residents moved here in the last five years, a figure much higher than most similar areas. This is a little above the national figure of 40.7%, though it has fallen slightly since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 14.3% of the population. This is about the same as both Queensland and Australia, and the figure has barely changed since 2011.
14.3% ▲ +4.3%
Higher than 55% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 13.7%
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 14.3%
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 Townsville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/3017/townsville/topic/mobility-location