45.7% ▼ -1.2%
Higher than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 46.3%
- 2016: 37.6%
- 2021: 45.7%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Gladstone · Urban Centre
Migration & Movement in Gladstone
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Nearly 46% of people in Gladstone have moved house in the last five years, making it a very mobile place compared to most of the country. This high level of movement has remained steady for a decade, though the number of new arrivals from overseas has dropped significantly.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
A huge 45.7% of Gladstone residents moved here within the last five years. This is well above the national figure of 40.7% and is much higher than most similar areas.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 12.5% of the population, which is much higher than in most areas. However, this figure has fallen 17 percentage points since 2011, when it was 29.8%.
12.5% ▼ -57.9%
Higher than 76% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 29.8%
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 12.5%
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 Gladstone [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL312002/gladstone/topic/mobility-location