48.7% ▼ -4.4%
Higher than 82% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 50.9%
- 2016: 50.5%
- 2021: 48.7%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Port Douglas · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in Port Douglas
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Nearly half of all residents in Port Douglas have moved here in the last five years, a rate much higher than most other areas. This high turnover is driven by both local movement and a strong flow of people arriving from overseas.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 48.7% of people moved to the area in the last five years, which is well above the national figure of 40.7%. This is a slightly lower proportion than in 2011, when 50.9% of the population had recently moved.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 24.1% of the population, which is far above the Queensland figure of 13.7%. This high level of international migration is much higher than in most similar areas.
24.1% ▼ -5.2%
Higher than 88% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 25.4%
- 2016: 22.4%
- 2021: 24.1%
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 Port Douglas [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/306041165/port-douglas/topic/mobility-location