Out-migration is the number of people who move out of the area each year. It covers moves abroad and moves to other parts of the country. This page shows total out-migration over time and a breakdown by age and sex.
Estimated figures come from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
In projected years, out-migration rates are applied first. Migration balancing then adjusts the result so all parts stay in line.
Out-migration is one of the four parts of how the population changes. Along with deaths, it takes people away from the area. The gap between in-migration and out-migration is net migration. Net migration is often the main driver of local growth or decline.
| Small Area | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 | 2030 | 2031 | 2032 | 2033 | 2034 | 2035 | 2036 | 2037 | 2038 | 2039 | 2040 | 2041 | 2042 | 2043 | 2044 | 2045 | 2046 | 2047 | 2048 | 2049 | 2050 | 2051 | 2052 | 2053 | 2054 |
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| Advancetown - Neranwood | 3710.60 | 3431.20 | 2789.07 | 3023.89 | 2706.91 | 3880.40 | 3910.74 | 3913.11 | 3938.36 | 3947.57 | 3962.79 | 3979.79 | 4008.38 | 4029.94 | 4056.74 | 4076.61 | 4099.61 | 4118.39 | 4141.00 | 4161.48 | 4186.00 | 4209.09 | 4233.54 | 4256.55 | 4280.43 | 4305.64 | 4329.64 | 4353.45 | 4377.26 | 4402.59 | 4426.65 | 4451.20 | 4475.94 | 4500.90 |
| Alberton (Qld) - Norwell | 3357.24 | 3340.84 | 2895.70 | 3092.25 | 2946.68 | 3869.26 | 3857.07 | 3862.54 | 3871.74 | 3882.41 | 3908.27 | 3928.55 | 3957.50 | 3986.15 | 4015.15 | 4043.72 | 4076.28 | 4109.33 | 4138.20 | 4168.04 | 4200.79 | 4234.42 | 4266.85 | 4300.33 | 4333.55 | 4368.15 | 4403.76 | 4438.43 | 4473.01 | 4507.74 | 4542.14 | 4576.18 | 4610.91 | 4645.95 |
| Benowa - Bundall | 2791.36 | 2477.83 | 1576.24 | 1999.08 | 1962.00 | 2916.89 | 2909.98 | 2911.96 | 2917.40 | 2926.14 | 2942.53 | 2957.39 | 2970.69 | 2983.78 | 2997.47 | 3011.88 | 3026.36 | 3040.74 | 3054.98 | 3070.13 | 3084.89 | 3099.70 | 3114.54 | 3129.18 | 3144.44 | 3159.30 | 3174.25 | 3189.07 | 3203.71 | 3218.36 | 3233.08 | 3247.79 | 3262.62 | 3277.45 |
| Biggera Waters - Arundel | 4218.13 | 3514.56 | 2815.62 | 3315.05 | 2828.00 | 4336.73 | 4448.66 | 4407.53 | 4389.36 | 4374.26 | 4356.02 | 4343.48 | 4337.99 | 4334.80 | 4332.30 | 4331.62 | 4331.38 | 4332.43 | 4335.06 | 4339.39 | 4343.84 | 4349.38 | 4356.11 | 4363.61 | 4371.37 | 4379.28 | 4387.71 | 4396.36 | 4405.57 | 4415.31 | 4425.32 | 4435.71 | 4446.36 | 4457.01 |
| Broadbeach Waters | 1719.57 | 1282.80 | 970.06 | 1110.82 | 961.00 | 1868.80 | 1868.66 | 1878.10 | 1887.62 | 1900.97 | 1915.08 | 1929.59 | 1945.70 | 1962.64 | 1979.56 | 1995.65 | 2011.73 | 2029.90 | 2047.47 | 2065.23 | 2082.31 | 2099.70 | 2117.52 | 2135.27 | 2153.00 | 2170.61 | 2188.37 | 2206.27 | 2224.11 | 2242.00 | 2260.02 | 2278.00 | 2295.97 | 2313.90 |
| Burleigh Heads | 2216.05 | 1855.36 | 1399.03 | 1583.92 | 1387.90 | 2410.49 | 2424.51 | 2461.62 | 2493.65 | 2530.02 | 2562.32 | 2597.88 | 2631.59 | 2665.93 | 2700.54 | 2738.66 | 2775.43 | 2814.88 | 2852.96 | 2891.24 | 2929.64 | 2967.68 | 3005.48 | 3044.18 | 3082.68 | 3121.23 | 3160.24 | 3199.23 | 3238.42 | 3277.84 | 3317.10 | 3356.41 | 3395.65 | 3434.91 |
| Burleigh Waters - Miami | 3755.59 | 3240.48 | 2396.42 | 2964.99 | 2547.97 | 3896.47 | 3953.50 | 3948.93 | 3970.76 | 3993.89 | 4021.32 | 4045.98 | 4068.84 | 4093.41 | 4116.33 | 4142.97 | 4170.03 | 4194.01 | 4218.37 | 4243.46 | 4270.60 | 4297.75 | 4325.23 | 4352.05 | 4378.35 | 4405.49 | 4431.84 | 4458.66 | 4485.04 | 4512.20 | 4538.94 | 4565.35 | 4592.13 | 4618.76 |
| Carrara - Merrimac | 3805.97 | 3523.39 | 2826.66 | 3190.60 | 2803.01 | 3917.37 | 3877.92 | 3849.27 | 3852.23 | 3852.58 | 3856.30 | 3859.31 | 3869.85 | 3879.55 | 3891.13 | 3902.52 | 3914.94 | 3929.47 | 3942.97 | 3960.26 | 3977.23 | 3993.57 | 4010.94 | 4028.81 | 4046.76 | 4064.89 | 4083.27 | 4101.85 | 4120.94 | 4140.50 | 4159.92 | 4179.46 | 4198.72 | 4218.84 |
| Coomera - Hope Island | 7767.09 | 5212.62 | 4590.28 | 5105.02 | 4973.70 | 9588.01 | 9730.41 | 9819.25 | 9978.38 | 10124.68 | 10276.48 | 10429.64 | 10588.05 | 10752.30 | 10914.68 | 11078.93 | 11243.92 | 11411.26 | 11579.69 | 11750.36 | 11921.26 | 12093.17 | 12266.01 | 12439.24 | 12613.72 | 12788.64 | 12964.29 | 13140.43 | 13317.08 | 13494.17 | 13671.86 | 13849.83 | 14028.16 | 14206.78 |
| Currumbin Waters - Currumbin | 1802.59 | 1817.74 | 1371.90 | 1446.67 | 1383.15 | 1840.12 | 1822.20 | 1812.71 | 1808.94 | 1803.19 | 1795.56 | 1793.21 | 1793.42 | 1792.89 | 1795.35 | 1798.58 | 1802.58 | 1805.85 | 1809.19 | 1812.88 | 1819.63 | 1824.00 | 1828.23 | 1832.80 | 1839.17 | 1844.64 | 1849.51 | 1854.47 | 1859.84 | 1866.32 | 1872.42 | 1878.35 | 1883.55 | 1888.77 |
| Helensvale | 2883.34 | 2537.39 | 2095.81 | 2319.95 | 2138.00 | 3203.28 | 3213.08 | 3230.02 | 3257.90 | 3286.99 | 3317.96 | 3343.44 | 3370.22 | 3403.49 | 3436.73 | 3468.62 | 3502.43 | 3535.20 | 3567.82 | 3601.92 | 3634.92 | 3670.17 | 3703.33 | 3737.85 | 3771.98 | 3806.61 | 3840.81 | 3875.17 | 3909.35 | 3943.62 | 3978.03 | 4012.47 | 4046.76 | 4081.22 |
| Highland Park - Worongary | 1410.39 | 1554.24 | 1261.35 | 1405.58 | 1217.58 | 1372.77 | 1400.28 | 1415.82 | 1437.74 | 1448.50 | 1469.82 | 1487.04 | 1507.06 | 1531.29 | 1552.39 | 1570.99 | 1590.97 | 1610.60 | 1631.06 | 1648.06 | 1667.81 | 1687.50 | 1709.19 | 1728.76 | 1750.05 | 1768.43 | 1788.95 | 1809.37 | 1829.80 | 1850.99 | 1871.53 | 1892.71 | 1913.66 | 1934.10 |
| Labrador | 3915.67 | 3037.17 | 2506.79 | 2968.19 | 2562.00 | 3820.92 | 3772.84 | 3789.71 | 3805.66 | 3826.75 | 3849.89 | 3878.57 | 3903.00 | 3929.77 | 3957.98 | 3988.44 | 4019.82 | 4050.17 | 4080.60 | 4112.98 | 4145.05 | 4178.31 | 4211.63 | 4245.75 | 4279.32 | 4312.89 | 4346.64 | 4380.35 | 4414.32 | 4448.58 | 4482.75 | 4516.90 | 4551.17 | 4585.58 |
| Main Beach | 979.36 | 722.78 | 504.58 | 615.82 | 494.00 | 1067.53 | 1023.10 | 993.78 | 998.65 | 995.31 | 993.76 | 989.17 | 988.39 | 986.59 | 986.80 | 988.22 | 989.82 | 991.99 | 992.63 | 996.51 | 999.70 | 1002.87 | 1005.67 | 1009.78 | 1014.30 | 1018.74 | 1023.34 | 1027.81 | 1032.26 | 1036.98 | 1041.80 | 1046.74 | 1051.74 | 1056.76 |
| Mermaid Beach - Broadbeach | 3902.37 | 2900.44 | 2135.51 | 2477.84 | 2238.96 | 4450.68 | 4490.94 | 4491.61 | 4576.93 | 4656.74 | 4740.78 | 4828.39 | 4916.36 | 5002.99 | 5089.68 | 5176.05 | 5264.77 | 5355.04 | 5445.40 | 5534.90 | 5624.73 | 5714.92 | 5805.12 | 5895.29 | 5985.95 | 6076.75 | 6167.61 | 6258.64 | 6349.83 | 6441.13 | 6532.52 | 6624.03 | 6715.66 | 6807.37 |
| Mermaid Waters | 2276.98 | 1840.79 | 1524.72 | 1737.09 | 1537.04 | 2487.88 | 2465.31 | 2462.53 | 2827.17 | 3160.81 | 3475.16 | 3779.01 | 4071.63 | 4353.58 | 4637.63 | 4914.94 | 5191.34 | 5464.75 | 5735.82 | 6006.67 | 6275.76 | 6544.07 | 6810.85 | 7077.80 | 7343.37 | 7608.38 | 7873.76 | 8138.82 | 8403.52 | 8667.68 | 8931.76 | 9195.48 | 9459.22 | 9722.43 |
| Molendinar - Gaven | 5012.15 | 4502.20 | 3465.50 | 3922.20 | 3465.03 | 5182.30 | 5138.28 | 5118.26 | 5122.40 | 5125.38 | 5132.49 | 5140.45 | 5155.66 | 5164.03 | 5174.67 | 5184.48 | 5195.51 | 5211.34 | 5225.85 | 5242.14 | 5257.88 | 5274.23 | 5291.07 | 5307.86 | 5325.48 | 5342.72 | 5360.14 | 5378.29 | 5396.15 | 5414.26 | 5432.77 | 5451.43 | 5470.00 | 5488.71 |
| Mudgeeraba - Reedy Creek (Qld) | 3498.00 | 3733.05 | 2884.69 | 2955.87 | 2672.70 | 3619.62 | 3600.79 | 3588.29 | 3578.78 | 3565.46 | 3561.46 | 3555.64 | 3553.90 | 3550.81 | 3544.97 | 3543.41 | 3540.03 | 3541.82 | 3539.57 | 3540.83 | 3537.89 | 3538.92 | 3539.96 | 3542.87 | 3546.27 | 3548.77 | 3552.43 | 3555.23 | 3559.69 | 3563.46 | 3568.79 | 3573.17 | 3578.25 | 3582.88 |
| Nerang | 2499.82 | 2378.86 | 1900.69 | 1960.40 | 1786.36 | 2568.57 | 2588.67 | 2624.36 | 2656.15 | 2684.60 | 2713.64 | 2744.13 | 2770.29 | 2796.89 | 2828.37 | 2852.62 | 2882.39 | 2907.98 | 2937.13 | 2964.59 | 2991.52 | 3018.49 | 3045.29 | 3072.90 | 3100.98 | 3128.94 | 3156.46 | 3183.97 | 3211.19 | 3238.65 | 3266.07 | 3293.34 | 3320.60 | 3348.06 |
| Pacific Pines - Oxenford | 4975.26 | 4144.14 | 3356.89 | 3451.40 | 3197.64 | 4938.61 | 4940.19 | 4943.43 | 4945.43 | 4948.79 | 4955.31 | 4963.14 | 4970.31 | 4972.77 | 4978.38 | 4982.63 | 4989.45 | 4997.11 | 5004.79 | 5011.90 | 5018.87 | 5026.36 | 5033.93 | 5041.91 | 5049.53 | 5057.29 | 5065.89 | 5074.55 | 5083.13 | 5091.52 | 5099.87 | 5108.42 | 5117.00 | 5125.73 |
| Palm Beach (Qld) | 3018.03 | 2257.18 | 1850.10 | 1935.89 | 1923.00 | 3302.76 | 3362.61 | 3419.91 | 3536.37 | 3641.83 | 3746.85 | 3850.23 | 3954.33 | 4058.02 | 4161.79 | 4263.01 | 4365.23 | 4464.86 | 4565.05 | 4666.43 | 4767.93 | 4868.11 | 4969.45 | 5070.21 | 5169.74 | 5269.92 | 5370.42 | 5471.38 | 5572.54 | 5673.37 | 5773.89 | 5874.50 | 5975.30 | 6076.10 |
| Paradise Point - Hollywell | 1729.86 | 1438.68 | 1046.50 | 1166.47 | 1042.00 | 1801.07 | 1790.58 | 1770.34 | 1785.15 | 1792.13 | 1801.21 | 1812.88 | 1826.64 | 1840.28 | 1853.67 | 1869.82 | 1884.23 | 1898.61 | 1913.43 | 1928.47 | 1944.87 | 1961.39 | 1978.51 | 1995.48 | 2012.50 | 2029.53 | 2046.45 | 2063.68 | 2080.81 | 2097.92 | 2115.12 | 2132.40 | 2149.72 | 2166.90 |
| Pimpama - Ormeau | 6662.37 | 5661.34 | 5875.09 | 5873.02 | 5854.63 | 8208.53 | 8265.29 | 8369.55 | 8412.15 | 8470.71 | 8534.91 | 8600.15 | 8664.73 | 8737.27 | 8811.99 | 8886.15 | 8962.40 | 9042.51 | 9120.40 | 9198.36 | 9277.90 | 9361.35 | 9446.15 | 9530.44 | 9614.71 | 9700.50 | 9787.51 | 9874.99 | 9962.51 | 10050.53 | 10139.00 | 10228.02 | 10317.33 | 10406.61 |
| Robina | 5322.12 | 4201.73 | 3465.70 | 3364.82 | 3181.00 | 5680.72 | 5697.95 | 5650.93 | 5623.16 | 5603.54 | 5588.76 | 5578.12 | 5571.61 | 5565.49 | 5564.72 | 5565.60 | 5570.65 | 5574.06 | 5580.24 | 5585.28 | 5591.87 | 5597.78 | 5604.33 | 5610.72 | 5617.57 | 5624.83 | 5632.52 | 5640.32 | 5648.11 | 5656.25 | 5664.36 | 5672.61 | 5680.91 | 5689.40 |
| Runaway Bay - Coombabah | 3235.29 | 2795.09 | 2202.34 | 2481.47 | 2064.00 | 3327.69 | 3286.64 | 3267.11 | 3251.47 | 3245.95 | 3232.02 | 3225.88 | 3223.90 | 3218.57 | 3219.49 | 3219.58 | 3222.58 | 3225.72 | 3230.78 | 3235.21 | 3239.84 | 3245.75 | 3252.11 | 3258.62 | 3265.49 | 3272.53 | 3279.83 | 3287.66 | 3295.35 | 3303.29 | 3311.47 | 3319.77 | 3328.08 | 3336.50 |
| Southport (Qld) | 9701.09 | 6422.04 | 5237.44 | 6024.45 | 5527.00 | 10428.30 | 10387.12 | 10410.00 | 10521.02 | 10644.12 | 10773.87 | 10905.87 | 11043.73 | 11178.92 | 11315.34 | 11453.20 | 11591.95 | 11732.20 | 11874.82 | 12017.32 | 12160.48 | 12303.81 | 12448.09 | 12593.11 | 12738.43 | 12884.02 | 13029.80 | 13175.94 | 13322.44 | 13469.26 | 13616.28 | 13763.36 | 13910.46 | 14057.73 |
| Surfers Paradise | 8091.96 | 5102.89 | 3839.84 | 4035.14 | 3833.00 | 9210.52 | 9674.00 | 9577.56 | 9533.05 | 9517.85 | 9520.54 | 9532.27 | 9553.12 | 9583.11 | 9618.90 | 9657.42 | 9698.77 | 9742.20 | 9788.06 | 9835.14 | 9883.50 | 9934.26 | 9986.19 | 10039.11 | 10091.55 | 10145.30 | 10199.41 | 10254.07 | 10308.95 | 10364.25 | 10419.60 | 10475.09 | 10530.74 | 10586.51 |
| Tugun - Bilinga | 3197.63 | 2440.01 | 1974.78 | 2231.20 | 2021.85 | 3537.08 | 3562.85 | 3573.91 | 3623.55 | 3668.56 | 3711.38 | 3753.70 | 3795.97 | 3839.37 | 3883.08 | 3927.01 | 3970.56 | 4014.63 | 4059.29 | 4103.21 | 4147.04 | 4191.32 | 4235.71 | 4279.71 | 4323.68 | 4367.81 | 4412.01 | 4456.28 | 4500.50 | 4544.91 | 4589.29 | 4633.70 | 4678.04 | 4722.41 |
| Upper Coomera | 4692.55 | 3760.58 | 3442.34 | 3516.83 | 3277.56 | 4833.08 | 4808.84 | 4845.66 | 4890.79 | 4933.50 | 4980.99 | 5027.69 | 5075.65 | 5123.74 | 5175.14 | 5225.37 | 5276.96 | 5327.20 | 5379.04 | 5431.32 | 5484.66 | 5538.49 | 5592.75 | 5647.20 | 5701.94 | 5757.18 | 5812.68 | 5868.14 | 5924.03 | 5980.15 | 6036.61 | 6093.15 | 6149.96 | 6206.89 |
| Varsity Lakes | 3643.97 | 2556.76 | 2121.82 | 2370.81 | 2239.03 | 3785.67 | 3760.84 | 3886.53 | 4007.98 | 4127.75 | 4241.04 | 4352.95 | 4462.00 | 4572.10 | 4682.95 | 4793.49 | 4903.73 | 5013.39 | 5123.25 | 5232.79 | 5343.91 | 5454.23 | 5565.08 | 5675.05 | 5785.64 | 5896.31 | 6006.99 | 6117.68 | 6228.45 | 6338.71 | 6449.42 | 6559.74 | 6670.23 | 6780.58 |
| Total | 115792.40 | 93684.18 | 76323.46 | 83646.73 | 76772.70 | 125352.12 | 126033.85 | 126294.33 | 127499.94 | 128680.98 | 129938.51 | 131213.54 | 132550.51 | 133890.47 | 135273.92 | 136652.19 | 138065.85 | 139487.64 | 140914.92 | 142356.50 | 143812.32 | 145280.79 | 146758.86 | 148242.44 | 149731.95 | 151225.32 | 152726.53 | 154230.56 | 155737.91 | 157252.54 | 158768.38 | 160285.31 | 161804.84 | 163325.74 |