43.6% —
Higher than 86% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 44.8%
- 2021: 43.6%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Cairns · Council (LGA)
Migration & Movement in Cairns
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
More than 43% of people in Cairns have moved house in the last five years, which is a much higher rate than in most other areas. This reflects a highly mobile population, though the proportion of new overseas arrivals has fallen since 2016.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Around 43.6% of residents moved into the area in the last five years. This is a little above the national figure of 40.7%, though it sits slightly below the Queensland average.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 12% of the population, which is around the middle for its level. This is a little below both the state and national figures, and down from 15.9% in 2016.
12.0% —
Higher than 51% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 15.9%
- 2021: 12.0%
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 Cairns [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA32080/cairns/topic/mobility-location