41.7% ▼ -12.4%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 47.5%
- 2016: 40.5%
- 2021: 41.7%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
North Mackay · Suburb / Locality
Migration & Movement in North Mackay
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Far more people move into North Mackay than in most similar areas, with 41.7% of residents having changed homes in the last five years. This high level of mobility is matched by a strong international presence, as 14.1% of the population arrived from overseas recently.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 41.7% of people here have moved house in the last five years, which is much higher than most similar areas. This figure is about the same as the national average, though it sits well below the Queensland figure of 44.8%.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 14.1% of the population, a rate much higher than in most similar areas. This is about the same as both the Queensland (13.7%) and Australian (14.5%) figures.
14.1% ▼ -55.3%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.6%
- 2016: 15.2%
- 2021: 14.1%
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 North Mackay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32179/north-mackay/topic/mobility-location