57.2% —
Higher than 90% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Surfers Paradise - South · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
More than half of all residents in Surfers Paradise - South have moved house in the last five years. This area is exceptionally mobile and welcomes a huge number of people from abroad compared to the rest of the country.
People who moved in the last five years.
About 57.2% of people here moved in the last five years, a figure far above the 44.8% seen in Queensland and the national average of 40.7%. This is among the highest rates of movement for similar areas.
57.2% —
Higher than 90% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 34.0% of the population, which is far above the figures for Queensland (13.7%) and Australia (14.5%).
34.0% —
Higher than 98% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of overseas-born residents who arrived in Australia in the five years before the census.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Migration & Movement in Surfers Paradise - South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/309101562/surfers-paradise-south/topic/mobility-location