Analysis of the year of arrival for the overseas born population of FNQROC region in 2021 compared to Etheridge (S) shows that there was a smaller proportion of people who arrived before 2001, as well as a smaller proportion of recent overseas arrivals (those who arrived between 2016 to Aug 2021).
Overall, 48.1% of the overseas born population arrived before 2001, and 15% arrived during or after 2016, compared with 53.2% and 25.5% respectively for Etheridge (S).
The major differences in year of arrival data in the population between FNQROC region and Etheridge (S) are:
- A larger percentage of arrivals between 2001 to 2010 (20.6% compared to 6.4%)
- A larger percentage of arrivals between 1981 to 1990 (12.0% compared to 6.4%)
- A smaller percentage of arrivals between 1971 to 1980 (9.7% compared to 23.4%)
- A smaller percentage of arrivals between 2016 to Aug 2021 (15.2% compared to 25.5%)