41.8% ▼ -18.6%
Higher than 80% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 51.4%
- 2016: 38.8%
- 2021: 41.8%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Boonah · Urban Centre
Migration & Movement in Boonah
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Over a quarter of people in Boonah have arrived from overseas recently, a figure far above the national average. This makes the town a significant hub for new arrivals compared to other similar areas. While many residents have moved recently, the overall rate of change has slowed since 2011.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 41.8% of people moved here in the last five years, which is much higher than most similar areas. This figure is a little above the Australian average, though it has fallen by 9.6 percentage points since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 26.4% of the population, placing Boonah among the highest areas for this group. This is far above the figures for both Queensland and Australia, and the proportion has risen slightly since 2011.
26.4% ▲ +8.5%
Higher than 92% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.4%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 26.4%
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 Boonah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315009/boonah/topic/mobility-location