Analysis of the year of arrival for the overseas born population of FNQROC region in 2021 compared to Regional QLD 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 45.2% and 16.0% respectively for Regional QLD.
The major differences in year of arrival data in the population between FNQROC region and Regional QLD are:
- A smaller percentage of arrivals between 2001 to 2010 (20.6% compared to 22.7%)
- A smaller percentage of arrivals between 2016 to Aug 2021 (15.2% compared to 16.0%)