36.1% ▼ -19.2%
Higher than 56% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 44.6%
- 2016: 39.1%
- 2021: 36.1%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Horn Island · Urban Centre
Migration & Movement in Horn Island
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
About 36.1% of people living on Horn Island have moved house in the last five years. This is a lower rate of movement than seen across Queensland and the rest of Australia. The area has a steady mix of long-term residents and a small but consistent number of people arriving from overseas.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Fewer people are moving to Horn Island compared to the national figure, with 36.1% moving in the last five years. This is well below the Queensland rate of 44.8% and has fallen by 8.6 percentage points since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 11.1% of the population, which is higher than in most similar areas. This figure has barely changed since 2011, though it remains a little below the Queensland average of 13.7%.
11.1% ▼ -2.4%
Higher than 73% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 11.1%
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 Horn Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321053/horn-island/topic/mobility-location