48.9% ▲ +3.1%
Higher than 83% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 47.4%
- 2016: 46.2%
- 2021: 48.9%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Palm Beach · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in Palm Beach
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Nearly half of all residents have changed homes recently, making Palm Beach one of the most mobile areas compared to similar places. This high turnover is a defining feature of the area, with 48.9% of people moving in the last five years.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Almost 49% of people moved here in the last five years, a figure well above the national average of 40.7%. This rate of movement has risen slightly since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 13.4% of the population, which is about the same as the Queensland figure. This is lower than it was in 2011, when the proportion was 17%.
13.4% ▼ -20.9%
Higher than 63% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 17.0%
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 13.4%
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 Palm Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/309021234/palm-beach/topic/mobility-location