47.1% ▼ -8.3%
Higher than 84% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 51.4%
- 2016: 47.6%
- 2021: 47.1%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Cairns - North · Sub-region (SA3)
Migration & Movement in Cairns - North
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Far more people have moved into Cairns - North recently than in most similar areas. Almost half of all residents shifted homes in the last five years, though the number of people arriving from overseas has dropped significantly over the last decade.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 47.1% of residents moved house in the last five years, which is well above the national figure of 40.7%. This is a little above the Queensland average, though the proportion fell 4.2 percentage points since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 9.3% of the population, which is well below both the state and national figures. This is lower than most similar areas and has fallen by 8.6 percentage points since 2011.
9.3% ▼ -48.0%
Lower than 68% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 17.9%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 9.3%
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 Cairns - North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/30601/cairns-north/topic/mobility-location