53.5% ▲ +12.7%
Higher than 88% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 47.5%
- 2016: 51.1%
- 2021: 53.5%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Coolangatta · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in Coolangatta
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
More than half of the people in Coolangatta have moved house in the last five years. This creates a highly mobile population, with movement rates far above the national figure. The area also attracts a significant number of people from overseas.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Over 53% of residents moved here in the last five years, a figure that is much higher than most other areas. This is well above the Queensland rate of 44.8% and has risen since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 21.3% of the population, which is well above the 14.5% seen across Australia. While this is still much higher than most areas, the proportion has fallen slightly since 2011.
21.3% ▼ -16.2%
Higher than 85% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 25.4%
- 2016: 20.8%
- 2021: 21.3%
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 Coolangatta [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/309021230/coolangatta/topic/mobility-location