42.2% ▲ +9.3%
Higher than 65% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 38.6%
- 2016: 35.9%
- 2021: 42.2%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Mackay · Urban Area
Migration & Movement in Mackay
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Nearly 42% of people in Mackay have moved house in the last five years, making it a more mobile area than most. This shift reflects a growing trend of people relocating into the region, with the proportion of recent movers rising steadily since 2011.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 42.2% of residents moved here in the last five years, which is higher than most areas. This figure is a little above the national average and has risen 3.6 percentage points since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 14.2% of the population, a figure that is about the same as the Queensland and Australian averages. This represents a significant increase from 2011, when the proportion was 7.6%.
14.2% ▲ +86.4%
Higher than 55% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 7.6%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 14.2%
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 Mackay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/3011/mackay/topic/mobility-location