38.5% ▼ -2.1%
Higher than 53% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 39.4%
- 2016: 36.9%
- 2021: 38.5%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
South Mackay · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in South Mackay
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
A high proportion of overseas arrivals is the standout feature of South Mackay, where 16.8% of residents arrived from another country recently. This is much higher than most other similar areas. While the neighborhood attracts people from abroad, a smaller share of the local population has moved house recently compared to the state average.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 38.5% of people moved home in the last five years, which is a little below the national figure and well below Queensland's 44.8%. This figure has fallen slightly since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 16.8% of the population, a figure well above the Queensland average of 13.7%. However, this is a big drop from 2011, when 38% of residents had arrived from overseas recently.
16.8% ▼ -55.8%
Higher than 75% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 38.0%
- 2016: 19.6%
- 2021: 16.8%
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 South Mackay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/312021356/south-mackay/topic/mobility-location