46.3% ▼ -1.5%
Higher than 82% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 47.0%
- 2016: 44.6%
- 2021: 46.3%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Whitsunday · Sub-region (SA3)
Migration & Movement in Whitsunday
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Nearly half of all residents in Whitsunday have moved house in the last five years. This high level of movement is much higher than in most other areas. The region also attracts a significant number of people from overseas compared to the rest of the country.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 46.3% of people here moved in the last five years, a figure that is well above the national average of 40.7%. This level of mobility has barely changed since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 19.3% of the population, which is well above both the Queensland and national figures. This proportion has fallen slightly since 2011.
19.3% ▼ -11.0%
Higher than 80% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 21.6%
- 2016: 23.4%
- 2021: 19.3%
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 Whitsunday [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/31203/whitsunday/topic/mobility-location