49.5% ▼ -13.3%
Higher than 93% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 57.0%
- 2016: 47.2%
- 2021: 49.5%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Emerald · Urban Centre
Migration & Movement in Emerald
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Nearly half of all residents in Emerald have moved house in the last five years, a rate well above the national average. This high level of movement is paired with a significant number of people arriving from overseas, making the area much more mobile than most of the country.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 49.5% of people here changed homes in the last five years, which is well above the Queensland figure of 44.8%. While this is among the highest rates for similar areas, the proportion of movers fell 7.6 percentage points since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 18.6% of the population, which is much higher than most areas and well above the national figure of 14.5%. However, this has dropped sharply from 36.4% in 2011.
18.6% ▼ -48.8%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 36.4%
- 2016: 20.1%
- 2021: 18.6%
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).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Migration & Movement in Emerald [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL313004/emerald/topic/mobility-location