39.0% ▼ -8.9%
Higher than 55% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 42.8%
- 2016: 41.1%
- 2021: 39.0%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
East Mackay · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in East Mackay
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Far more people have recently arrived from overseas in East Mackay than in most other areas. While 17% of residents are new arrivals, fewer people here have moved house in the last five years compared to the Queensland average.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 39% of residents moved house in the last five years, which is well below the Queensland figure of 44.8%. This is a little below the national average and represents a 3.8 percentage point drop since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 17% of the population, a figure that is well above the state average of 13.7%. This is a little above the national figure, though it has fallen 14 percentage points since 2011.
17.0% ▼ -45.7%
Higher than 75% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 31.3%
- 2016: 18.5%
- 2021: 17.0%
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 East Mackay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/312021343/east-mackay/topic/mobility-location