47.9% ▼ -13.4%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 55.3%
- 2016: 51.0%
- 2021: 47.9%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Mackay · Suburb / Locality
Migration & Movement in Mackay
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Nearly half of all residents in Mackay have moved house recently, making it a highly transient place to live. This movement is driven by a huge influx of people from abroad, with overseas arrivals reaching levels far above the national average.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Almost 48% of people here moved house in the last five years, a figure that is well above the Queensland rate of 44.8% and much higher than most other areas.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 28.3% of the population, which is among the highest for this level and far above the 14.5% seen across Australia.
28.3% ▼ -48.4%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 54.8%
- 2016: 31.5%
- 2021: 28.3%
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 Mackay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31724/mackay/topic/mobility-location