48.3% ▲ +36.7%
Higher than 91% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 35.3%
- 2016: 37.2%
- 2021: 48.3%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Laidley · Urban Centre
Migration & Movement in Laidley
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Nearly half of all residents in Laidley have moved house in the last five years. This high turnover makes the town one of the most mobile areas of its kind, with a significant rise in people arriving from both within Australia and overseas.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 48.3% of people moved here in the last five years, which is well above the national figure of 40.7%. This rate has climbed by 13 percentage points since 2011, placing Laidley among the highest for movement in similar areas.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Overseas arrivals make up 10.0% of the population, a figure that has risen 10 points since 2011. While this is higher than most similar areas, it remains well below the Queensland average of 13.7%.
10.0% ▲ —
Higher than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 7.2%
- 2021: 10.0%
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 Laidley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315050/laidley/topic/mobility-location