43.5% ▲ +3.5%
Higher than 74% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 42.1%
- 2016: 41.6%
- 2021: 43.5%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Mount Isa · Urban Area
Migration & Movement in Mount Isa
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Nearly one in five people in Mount Isa arrived from overseas recently, a figure well above the national average. This makes the city a significant hub for new arrivals compared to other similar areas. Movement into the region remains steady, with many residents having changed homes in the last few years.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 43.5% of residents moved house in the last five years, which is higher than most areas. This is slightly above the Australian figure of 40.7% and has risen by 1.5 percentage points since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 18.5% of the population, which is much higher than most areas. While this is well above the Queensland average of 13.7%, it is a drop of 13 percentage points since 2011.
18.5% ▼ -40.3%
Higher than 77% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 31.1%
- 2016: 20.2%
- 2021: 18.5%
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 Mount Isa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/3013/mount-isa/topic/mobility-location