53.3% ▼ -10.0%
Higher than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 59.2%
- 2016: 56.4%
- 2021: 53.3%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Cairns City · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in Cairns City
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Over half of all residents in Cairns City have moved here in the last five years, making it much more mobile than most similar areas. This high turnover is mirrored by a very strong international presence, with nearly a third of the population arriving from overseas recently.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 53.3% of people moved here in the last five years, which is far above the national figure of 40.7%. While this remains well above the Queensland average, the proportion of new arrivals has fallen by 5.9 percentage points since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 30.8% of the population, a figure that is far above both the state and national averages. This is among the highest proportions for any area at this level, though it has dropped by 5.8 percentage points since 2011.
30.8% ▼ -15.8%
Higher than 95% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 36.6%
- 2016: 33.4%
- 2021: 30.8%
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 City [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/306021145/cairns-city/topic/mobility-location