50.9% ▲ +10.1%
Higher than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 46.3%
- 2016: 50.8%
- 2021: 50.9%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Main Beach · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in Main Beach
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
More than half of all residents in Main Beach have moved house recently, making it a highly mobile area. This constant churn of people is far more common here than in the rest of Australia, with 50.9% of people arriving in the last five years.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
The proportion of people who moved in the last five years is much higher than in most areas, sitting well above the Queensland figure of 44.8%. This trend has grown since 2011, when the rate was 46.3%.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 11.8% of the population, which is a little below the national figure of 14.5%. This is a significant drop from 2011, when the share of new overseas arrivals was 22.9%.
11.8% ▼ -48.1%
Higher than 55% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 22.9%
- 2016: 16.9%
- 2021: 11.8%
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 Main Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/309101269/main-beach/topic/mobility-location