49.6% ▲ +2.6%
Higher than 88% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 48.3%
- 2016: 51.2%
- 2021: 49.6%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Noosa · Sub-region (SA3)
Migration & Movement in Noosa
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Nearly half of all residents in Noosa have moved here in the last five years. This high turnover makes it a very mobile community compared to the rest of the country. While many people are moving into the area, the share of recent arrivals from overseas has dropped over the last decade.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 49.6% of people moved house in the last five years, which is much higher than most areas. This figure is well above the national average of 40.7% and has risen slightly since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 11.4% of the population, which is well below the Australian figure of 14.5%. This proportion has fallen by 5.3 percentage points since the 2011 census.
11.4% ▼ -31.6%
Lower than 57% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 16.7%
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 11.4%
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 Noosa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/31605/noosa/topic/mobility-location