53.8% ▲ +70.4%
Higher than 98% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 31.6%
- 2016: 32.4%
- 2021: 53.8%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Forest Hill · Urban Centre
Migration & Movement in Forest Hill
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Over half of all residents in Forest Hill have moved house in the last five years. This high level of mobility is a defining feature of the area, as the proportion of people moving in has climbed steadily over the last decade.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 53.8% of people moved here in the last five years, a figure far above the national average of 40.7%. This movement has increased significantly, rising 22 percentage points since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 10.2% of the population, which is higher than most similar areas. This is a new trend for Forest Hill, as this figure rose from 0.0% in 2016, though it remains well below the Queensland figure.
10.2% —
Higher than 72% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 10.2%
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 Forest Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322046/forest-hill/topic/mobility-location