53.6% ▼ -3.0%
Higher than 88% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 55.2%
- 2016: 53.1%
- 2021: 53.6%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Airlie - Whitsundays · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in Airlie - Whitsundays
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Over 13 percentage points more people have moved to Airlie - Whitsundays in the last five years than the national figure. This is a highly mobile area where more than half of all residents have changed homes recently. It also sees a much higher proportion of new arrivals from overseas compared to the rest of the state.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
A striking 53.6% of residents moved home in the last five years, which is much higher than most areas. This figure is well above the Queensland rate of 44.8%, though it has fallen slightly since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 23.7% of the population, a figure well above both the state and national averages. While this remains much higher than most areas, the proportion fell by 3.7 percentage points since 2011.
23.7% ▼ -13.4%
Higher than 88% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 27.4%
- 2016: 27.5%
- 2021: 23.7%
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 Airlie - Whitsundays [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/312031359/airlie-whitsundays/topic/mobility-location