46.1% ▲ +8.2%
Higher than 89% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 42.6%
- 2016: 44.8%
- 2021: 46.1%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Canberra - Queanbeyan (Canberra Part) · Urban Centre
Migration & Movement in Canberra - Queanbeyan (Canberra Part)
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Nearly 46% of people in Canberra - Queanbeyan (Canberra Part) have changed their home in the last five years. This high level of movement makes it one of the most mobile areas of its kind, sitting well above the national figure.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 46.1% of residents moved within the last five years, which is much higher than the 40.7% seen across Australia. This rate of movement has risen by 3.5 percentage points since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 16.7% of the population, a figure that is a little above the national average. This proportion has fallen by 3.3 percentage points since 2011.
16.7% ▼ -16.5%
Higher than 84% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 20.0%
- 2016: 21.3%
- 2021: 16.7%
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 Canberra - Queanbeyan (Canberra Part) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL802001/canberra-queanbeyan/topic/mobility-location