47.5% ▲ +1.6%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 46.8%
- 2016: 48.4%
- 2021: 47.5%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Sunshine Beach · Suburb / Locality
Migration & Movement in Sunshine Beach
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Almost half of all residents in Sunshine Beach have moved house in the last five years. This coastal spot is much more mobile than most areas, drawing in a large number of people from both across the country and overseas.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 47.5% of people have changed homes since 2016, which is much higher than most areas. This figure is well above the Australian average of 40.7% and a little above the Queensland rate.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 20.2% of the population, a figure that is well above both the national (14.5%) and state (13.7%) averages. This proportion is much higher than in most similar areas.
20.2% ▼ -15.6%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.0%
- 2016: 18.1%
- 2021: 20.2%
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 Sunshine Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32700/sunshine-beach/topic/mobility-location