46.2% ▼ -17.3%
Higher than 89% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 55.9%
- 2016: 30.3%
- 2021: 46.2%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Russell Island · Urban Centre
Migration & Movement in Russell Island
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Almost half of all residents have moved here in the last five years, making Russell Island much more mobile than the national average. While the island attracts many new arrivals, it sees far fewer people moving in from overseas compared to the rest of the state.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 46.2% of people moved to Russell Island in the last five years, which is well above the Australian figure of 40.7%. This is among the highest rates for similar areas, though the proportion has fallen by 9.7 percentage points since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up only 3.1% of the population, which is far below both the Queensland and national figures of around 14%. This figure has also dropped over time, falling from 6.1% in 2011.
3.1% ▼ -49.0%
Lower than 58% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 6.1%
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 3.1%
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 Russell Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315086/russell-island/topic/mobility-location