39.2% ▼ -8.4%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 42.8%
- 2016: 41.2%
- 2021: 39.2%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
East Mackay · Suburb / Locality
Migration & Movement in East Mackay
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Nearly 40% of people in East Mackay have moved house in the last five years. This high level of mobility is much higher than in most similar areas, showing a population that changes frequently.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 39.2% of residents moved in the last five years. While this is much higher than most similar areas, it is well below the Queensland figure of 44.8%.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 14.8% of the population. This is much higher than most similar areas and sits a little above the Queensland figure of 13.7%.
14.8% ▼ -52.5%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.3%
- 2016: 18.5%
- 2021: 14.8%
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 East Mackay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30929/east-mackay/topic/mobility-location