42.9% ▲ +9.8%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 39.0%
- 2016: 41.7%
- 2021: 42.9%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Clear Island Waters · Suburb / Locality
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Nearly 43% of people in Clear Island Waters have changed their address since 2016, reflecting a high rate of movement. This shift is driven largely by people moving within Australia, as the area has far fewer recent overseas arrivals than the state or national figures.
People who moved in the last five years.
About 42.9% of residents moved home in the last five years, a figure that is much higher than most similar areas. This is a little above the Australian average, though it sits a little below the Queensland figure.
42.9% ▲ +9.8%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 9.7% of the population, which is higher than in most similar areas. However, this is well below both the Queensland figure of 13.7% and the national average of 14.5%.
9.7% ▼ -16.1%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of overseas-born residents who arrived in Australia in the five years before the census.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Migration & Movement in Clear Island Waters [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30618/clear-island-waters/topic/mobility-location