Analysis of the year of arrival for the overseas born population of FNQROC region in 2021 compared to Far North Queensland shows that there was a similar proportion of people who arrived before 2001, as well as a similar 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 48.1% and 15.2% respectively for Far North Queensland.
There were no major differences between FNQROC region and Far North Queensland in 2021.