46.6% ▲ +5.8%
Higher than 78% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 44.0%
- 2016: 46.9%
- 2021: 46.6%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Sunshine Beach · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in Sunshine Beach
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
More people have moved into Sunshine Beach since 2011, though the share of new overseas arrivals has dipped. Nearly half of all residents have changed their address in the last five years, making it a more transient area than most across the country.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Almost 47% of people here moved house in the last five years, a figure that is well above the national average of 41%. This trend has risen slightly since 2011 and is much higher than in most other similar areas.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 14.6% of the population, which is about the same as the Queensland and national figures. This is a drop from 2011, when the share of recent overseas arrivals was 18.6%.
14.6% ▼ -21.8%
Higher than 67% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 18.6%
- 2016: 15.9%
- 2021: 14.6%
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 Sunshine Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/316051437/sunshine-beach/topic/mobility-location