54.7% ▼ -10.5%
Higher than 88% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 61.1%
- 2016: 54.4%
- 2021: 54.7%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Mackay Harbour · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in Mackay Harbour
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Over half of all residents in Mackay Harbour have moved house in the last five years. This makes it a very mobile area compared to most of the country, though the rate of people moving in has dipped slightly since 2011.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 54.7% of people moved here in the last five years, which is far above the national figure of 40.7% and well above the Queensland average.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Overseas arrivals make up 17.4% of the population, a figure that is much higher than most areas and a little above the national average.
17.4% ▼ -18.2%
Higher than 76% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 21.3%
- 2016: 36.7%
- 2021: 17.4%
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 Mackay Harbour [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/312021347/mackay-harbour/topic/mobility-location