43.8% ▲ +16.6%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 37.5%
- 2016: 44.4%
- 2021: 43.8%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Sandy Beach - Emerald Beach · Urban Centre
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Much higher rates of movement than most similar areas define Sandy Beach - Emerald Beach. Nearly 44% of residents moved here in the last five years, reflecting a growing trend of people relocating to the coast.
People who moved in the last five years.
Moving house is common here, with 43.8% of people arriving in the last five years. This is well above the national figure of 40.7% and has risen 6.2 percentage points since 2011.
43.8% ▲ +16.6%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
International arrivals have also increased significantly, rising 9.2 percentage points since 2011 to reach 15.4%. This proportion of recent overseas arrivals is much higher than in most similar areas.
15.4% ▲ +148.0%
Higher than 81% of urban centre areas.
Share of overseas-born residents who arrived in Australia in the five years before the census.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Migration & Movement in Sandy Beach - Emerald Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115124/sandy-beach-emerald-beach/topic/mobility-location