40.1% ▼ -8.5%
Higher than 73% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 43.8%
- 2016: 37.1%
- 2021: 40.1%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Cardwell · Urban Centre
Migration & Movement in Cardwell
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
More people have moved into Cardwell recently than in most similar areas, though the overall rate has dipped over the last decade. Around 40% of residents arrived in the last five years, making it a more mobile place than many nearby towns.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 40.1% of the population moved house in the last five years, which is higher than most similar areas. This is about the same as the national figure, but well below the Queensland rate of 44.8%.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 7.4% of the population, a figure that is higher than most similar areas. However, this is well below both the state and national figures, and it has fallen since 2011.
7.4% ▼ -35.6%
Higher than 61% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 7.4%
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 Cardwell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315014/cardwell/topic/mobility-location