42.9% ▼ -6.9%
Higher than 84% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 46.1%
- 2016: 43.2%
- 2021: 42.9%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Cloncurry · Urban Centre
Migration & Movement in Cloncurry
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
A huge gap exists between Cloncurry and the rest of the country regarding new arrivals, as over a quarter of the population arrived from overseas recently. This makes the area one of the most welcoming spots for new migrants in its category, while nearly 43% of all residents have moved house in the last five years.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Around 42.9% of people in Cloncurry moved here in the last five years, which is much higher than most similar areas. This figure is a little above the national average, though it has fallen slightly since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 26.7% of the population, a figure that is far above both the Queensland and Australian averages. This proportion has risen sharply since 2011, climbing 17 percentage points.
26.7% ▲ +173.0%
Higher than 92% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 26.7%
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 Cloncurry [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315022/cloncurry/topic/mobility-location