43.5% ▼ -6.7%
Higher than 72% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 46.6%
- 2016: 43.5%
- 2021: 43.5%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Mount Isa · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in Mount Isa
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Nearly one in five people in Mount Isa arrived from overseas recently, a figure well above the national average. This makes the area much more welcoming to new international arrivals than most similar places, though this trend has cooled since 2011.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Around 43.5% of residents moved home in the last five years. This is higher than most areas, though it is a little below the Queensland figure and has fallen slightly since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 18.5% of the population, which is well above both the state and national figures. However, this is a significant drop from 2011, when the proportion was 33.3%.
18.5% ▼ -44.3%
Higher than 79% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 33.3%
- 2016: 23.7%
- 2021: 18.5%
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 Mount Isa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/315021405/mount-isa/topic/mobility-location