Bundaberg suburbs people moved to from the city

Elliott Heads tops the ranking: 13% of its residents lived in a capital city five years earlier, most of them in Brisbane. Coral Cove and Bargara follow. These 15 suburbs came from a field of 21 eligible Bundaberg suburbs.

This page ranks Bundaberg suburbs by the share of residents aged five and over who lived in a capital city five years before the 2021 Census. Suburbs inside the capitals are not ranked, and only suburbs with at least 1,000 residents qualify.

These are the places people from the capitals moved to between 2016 and 2021, and each row names the capital most of them came from. It counts arrivals only: people who moved the other way are not in it, so a suburb near the top is not necessarily growing. Not every move is a sea change or a tree change: mining towns and Defence bases rank high because jobs bring people there. The Central Coast is part of Greater Sydney in the ABS geography; we count it as a place of its own, so moves from the Central Coast are not moves from Sydney. Source: ABS 2021 Census, via TableBuilder.

Bundaberg suburbs where the most residents moved from a capital city

Ranked by the share of residents aged five and over who lived in a capital city five years before the 2021 Census, among suburbs outside the capitals with at least 1,000 residents. It counts arrivals only: people who moved the other way are not in it.

1

Elliott Heads

QLD 4670 · 1,160 residents

13.0% lived in a capital five years earlier · most from Brisbane · 146 residents

C 100.0
2

Coral Cove

QLD 4670 · 1,462 residents

9.4% lived in a capital five years earlier · most from Brisbane · 132 residents

B 95.0
3

Bargara

QLD 4670 · 8,883 residents

8.8% lived in a capital five years earlier · most from Brisbane · 751 residents

C 90.0
4

Innes Park

QLD 4670 · 2,653 residents

6.9% lived in a capital five years earlier · most from Brisbane · 175 residents

B 85.0
5

Burnett Heads

QLD 4670 · 2,908 residents

6.6% lived in a capital five years earlier · most from Brisbane · 184 residents

C 80.0
6

Kalkie

QLD 4670 · 2,968 residents

5.3% lived in a capital five years earlier · most from Brisbane · 147 residents

B 75.0
7

Ashfield

QLD 4670 · 1,152 residents

5.1% lived in a capital five years earlier · most from Brisbane · 54 residents

B 70.0
8

Bundaberg West

QLD 4670 · 2,596 residents

4.6% lived in a capital five years earlier · most from Brisbane · 113 residents

D 65.0
9

Bundaberg South

QLD 4670 · 3,494 residents

4.5% lived in a capital five years earlier · most from Brisbane · 150 residents

D 60.0
10

Gooburrum

QLD 4670 · 1,518 residents

4.3% lived in a capital five years earlier · most from Brisbane · 63 residents

B 55.0
11

Millbank

QLD 4670 · 2,499 residents

4.2% lived in a capital five years earlier · most from Brisbane · 101 residents

C 50.0
12

Bundaberg North

QLD 4670 · 5,563 residents

3.9% lived in a capital five years earlier · most from Brisbane · 206 residents

D 45.0
13

Norville

QLD 4670 · 2,476 residents

3.6% lived in a capital five years earlier · most from Brisbane · 85 residents

C 40.0
14

Avoca

QLD 4670 · 4,912 residents

3.5% lived in a capital five years earlier · most from Brisbane · 162 residents

C 35.0
15

Branyan

QLD 4670 · 4,660 residents

3.4% lived in a capital five years earlier · most from Brisbane · 150 residents

B 30.0

Ranked from 21 qualifying suburbs.

How we ranked these

100% share of residents aged five and over who lived in one of the eight capital cities five years before the 2021 Census, percentile-ranked within Bundaberg's candidate pool. Suburbs that touch a capital's statistical area are not ranked, because the count for their own area includes people who never moved. The Central Coast counts as a place of its own, not as Sydney. Only suburbs with at least 1,000 residents qualify, and the larger number of arrivals breaks ties. It counts arrivals, not net migration. Source: ABS 2021 Census, via TableBuilder; the ABS adjusts small counts slightly to protect privacy. See how we calculate for the full methodology.

Common questions about this ranking

What are the bundaberg suburbs people moved to from the city?

Elliott Heads tops the ranking: 13% of its residents lived in a capital city five years earlier, most of them in Brisbane. Coral Cove and Bargara follow. These 15 suburbs came from a field of 21 eligible Bundaberg suburbs.

How is this ranking put together?

Each Bundaberg suburb is ranked by the share of its residents aged five and over who lived in one of the eight capital cities five years before the 2021 Census. Suburbs inside the capitals are not ranked, and only suburbs with at least 1,000 residents are included.

Does this show where people are leaving?

No. It counts people who arrived from a capital, not people who left the suburb. A place near the top can have lost as many residents as it gained, so it is not a measure of growth.

Why are some suburbs near a capital missing?

A suburb that touches a capital's statistical area is left out: the Census count for its own area includes people who never moved, so a share would overstate the arrivals.

How current is it?

It covers moves between August 2016 and August 2021, from the 2021 Census, the most recent available until results from the August 2026 Census are released in 2027.

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Rankings last computed 28 September 2026. Recomputed after each ACARA schools data refresh.

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