52.6% ▲ +16.7%
Higher than 97% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 45.1%
- 2016: 61.0%
- 2021: 52.6%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Moranbah · Urban Centre
Migration & Movement in Moranbah
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
More than half of the people in Moranbah have moved house in the last five years. This high level of movement is one of the strongest in the region, reflecting a population that changes frequently. While many people move into the area, the proportion of recent overseas arrivals has dropped sharply over the last decade.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
The number of people who moved house in the last five years has risen to 52.6% since 2011. This is far above the national figure of 40.7% and well above Queensland's 44.8%.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 17.6% of the population, which is much higher than most areas. However, this figure has fallen by 35 percentage points since 2011.
17.6% ▼ -66.3%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 52.3%
- 2016: 22.1%
- 2021: 17.6%
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 Moranbah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL314017/moranbah/topic/mobility-location