40.2% ▼ -10.7%
Higher than 59% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 45.0%
- 2016: 41.4%
- 2021: 40.2%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Mackay - Isaac - Whitsunday · Region (SA4)
Migration & Movement in Mackay - Isaac - Whitsunday
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Far fewer people have moved to Mackay - Isaac - Whitsunday from overseas since 2011, with the share of recent arrivals dropping by 12 points. This shift in movement is a key feature of the region, where 15.6% of residents arrived from another country recently. This figure remains slightly higher than both the Queensland and national averages.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 40.2% of people moved home in the last five years, which is about the same as the national figure. This is well below the Queensland average of 44.8%, and the proportion of people moving has fallen since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 15.6% of the population, which is higher than most other areas. This is a little above the figures for both Queensland and Australia.
15.6% ▼ -42.5%
Higher than 64% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 27.2%
- 2016: 17.5%
- 2021: 15.6%
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 Mackay - Isaac - Whitsunday [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa4/312/mackay-isaac-whitsunday/topic/mobility-location