48.0% ▲ +3.9%
Higher than 90% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 46.2%
- 2016: 45.0%
- 2021: 48.0%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Sunshine Coast · Urban Area
Migration & Movement in Sunshine Coast
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Nearly half of all residents in Sunshine Coast have moved here in the last five years. This high own-home turnover makes it one of the most mobile areas in the region, with 48.0% of people arriving recently.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Almost 48.0% of people moved into the area in the last five years, a figure well above the national average of 40.7%. This level of movement is among the highest for similar areas and has risen since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 10.8% of the population, which is well below the Australian figure of 14.5%. This proportion has fallen sharply from 26.6% in 2011.
10.8% ▼ -59.5%
Lower than 63% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 26.6%
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 10.8%
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 Sunshine Coast [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/3015/sunshine-coast/topic/mobility-location