58.5% ▲ +6.8%
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 54.8%
- 2016: 52.7%
- 2021: 58.5%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Whitsundays · Suburb / Locality
Migration & Movement in Whitsundays
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Nearly half of all people in Whitsundays arrived from overseas recently, making it a highly international hub. This global draw is matched by a strong internal pull, with more than half the population having moved house in the last five years.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
The area sees a huge amount of turnover, with 58.5% of people moving in the last five years. This is far above the national figure of 40.7%.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
International migration is exceptionally high here, as 49.8% of residents are recent arrivals from overseas. This is far above the Queensland figure of 13.7%.
49.8% ▲ +18.6%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 42.0%
- 2016: 57.4%
- 2021: 49.8%
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 Whitsundays [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33066/whitsundays/topic/mobility-location