40.8% ▼ -2.4%
Higher than 76% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 41.8%
- 2016: 40.6%
- 2021: 40.8%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Canberra - Queanbeyan (Queanbeyan Part) · Urban Centre
Migration & Movement in Canberra - Queanbeyan (Queanbeyan Part)
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Far more people move in and out of Canberra - Queanbeyan (Queanbeyan Part) than in most similar areas. It is a highly mobile community where 40.8% of residents have changed homes in the last five years. This high turnover is seen both in people moving from other districts and those arriving from overseas.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 40.8% of people here moved house in the last five years, which is much higher than most similar areas. This figure is about the same as the New South Wales and national rates, though it has fallen slightly since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 15.2% of the population, a much higher proportion than in most similar areas. While this is about the same as the state and national figures, the share of new arrivals has fallen by 3.4 percentage points since 2011.
15.2% ▼ -18.4%
Higher than 81% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 18.6%
- 2016: 16.3%
- 2021: 15.2%
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 Canberra - Queanbeyan (Queanbeyan Part) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL102001/canberra-queanbeyan/topic/mobility-location