51.5% ▲ +29.6%
Higher than 90% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 39.7%
- 2016: 34.7%
- 2021: 51.5%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Mermaid Beach · State Electorate
Migration & Movement in Mermaid Beach
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Over half of all residents in Mermaid Beach have moved house in the last five years. This high turnover makes it one of the most mobile areas in the region, with a population that is much more likely to change homes than the national average.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 51.5% of people moved here in the last five years, a figure that is far above the Australian average of 40.7%. This trend has grown significantly, rising 12 percentage points since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 15.6% of the population, which is a little above the national figure of 14.5%. This proportion has fallen slightly since 2011.
15.6% ▼ -6.7%
Higher than 66% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 16.8%
- 2016: 10.5%
- 2021: 15.6%
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 Mermaid Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30053/mermaid-beach/topic/mobility-location