42.0% ▼ -12.1%
Higher than 66% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 47.8%
- 2016: 40.5%
- 2021: 42.0%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
North Mackay · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in North Mackay
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
A sharp drop in overseas arrivals defines the recent movement patterns in North Mackay. While 14% of residents arrived from abroad recently, this is a significant fall from the 31.6% seen in 2011.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 42% of people here moved home in the last five years, which is higher than most similar areas. This figure is a little above the national average but has fallen by 5.8 percentage points since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 14% of the population, a figure about the same as both the Queensland and Australian averages. This is a much lower proportion than the 31.6% recorded in 2011.
14.0% ▼ -55.7%
Higher than 65% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 31.6%
- 2016: 15.2%
- 2021: 14.0%
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 North Mackay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/312021349/north-mackay/topic/mobility-location