55.1% ▲ +8.3%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 50.9%
- 2016: 53.1%
- 2021: 55.1%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Maroochydore · Suburb / Locality
Migration & Movement in Maroochydore
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Over half of the people in Maroochydore have moved home in the last five years. This high level of mobility makes the area far more dynamic than the state and national averages, with a significant number of new residents arriving from both within Australia and overseas.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
A striking 55.1% of residents moved here in the last five years, a figure that is far above the Queensland average of 44.8% and the national rate of 40.7%. This is among the highest levels of movement seen across similar areas.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 17.9% of the population, which is much higher than most areas. This is well above the figures for both Queensland (13.7%) and Australia (14.5%).
17.9% ▼ -14.3%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.9%
- 2016: 19.5%
- 2021: 17.9%
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 Maroochydore [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31772/maroochydore/topic/mobility-location