45.7% ▲ +7.5%
Higher than 86% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 42.6%
- 2016: 44.5%
- 2021: 45.7%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Canberra - Queanbeyan · Urban Area
Migration & Movement in Canberra - Queanbeyan
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Nearly 46% of people in Canberra - Queanbeyan moved home in the last five years. This makes the region much more mobile than most other areas across Australia. The population remains dynamic, with a high proportion of residents arriving from both other cities and overseas.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 45.7% of residents moved house recently, a figure well above the national average of 40.7%. This rate has risen since 2011 and is now about the same as the rest of the ACT.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 16.7% of the population, which is higher than most areas. While this is a little above the national figure, the proportion of new overseas arrivals has fallen since 2011.
16.7% ▼ -16.5%
Higher than 72% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 19.9%
- 2016: 20.9%
- 2021: 16.7%
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 Canberra - Queanbeyan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/8001/canberra-queanbeyan/topic/mobility-location