51.7% ▲ +26.3%
Higher than 96% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 41.0%
- 2016: 35.5%
- 2021: 51.7%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Port Douglas - Craiglie · Urban Centre
Migration & Movement in Port Douglas - Craiglie
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
More than half of the people in Port Douglas - Craiglie have moved here in the last five years, a figure far above the national average. This area is a major hub for movement, attracting both domestic migrants and a high number of overseas arrivals.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Over 51% of residents moved to the area in the last five years, which is well above the Queensland figure of 44.8%. This trend has grown since 2011, when the share of recent movers was 41%.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Overseas arrivals make up 26.6% of the population, which is far above the national figure of 14.5%. This represents one of the highest proportions of recent international migrants among similar areas.
26.6% ▲ +7.5%
Higher than 92% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.8%
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 26.6%
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 Port Douglas - Craiglie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315080/port-douglas-craiglie/topic/mobility-location