43.5% ▼ -22.8%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 56.3%
- 2016: 28.0%
- 2021: 43.5%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Rainbow Beach · Urban Centre
Migration & Movement in Rainbow Beach
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
A sharp 21 percentage point drop in overseas arrivals defines the changing face of Rainbow Beach. While the area remains more mobile than most similar places, the number of people moving from abroad has fallen significantly since 2011.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 43.5% of residents moved here in the last five years, which is much higher than in most similar areas. This figure is slightly above the national average, though it has fallen 13 points since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 7.4% of the population, a figure that is higher than most similar areas but well below the state and national rates.
7.4% ▼ -73.4%
Higher than 61% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.9%
- 2016: 8.4%
- 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 Rainbow Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315082/rainbow-beach/topic/mobility-location