Analysis of the year of arrival for the overseas born population of FNQROC region in 2021 compared to Queensland shows that there was a larger proportion of people who arrived before 2001, and 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 41.4% and 16.8% respectively for Queensland.
The major differences in year of arrival data in the population between FNQROC region and Queensland are:
- A larger percentage of arrivals between 1961 to 1970 (9.0% compared to 6.7%)
- A larger percentage of arrivals between Arrived in 1960 or earlier (6.4% compared to 4.3%)
- A larger percentage of arrivals between 1971 to 1980 (9.7% compared to 7.8%)
- A smaller percentage of arrivals between 2001 to 2010 (20.6% compared to 24.8%)