Analysis of the year of arrival for the overseas born population of Mareeba (S) in 2021 compared to Etheridge (S) 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, 54.8% of the overseas born population arrived before 2001, and 16% 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 Mareeba (S) and Etheridge (S) are:
- A larger percentage of arrivals between 1961 to 1970 (13.5% compared to 6.4%)
- A larger percentage of arrivals between 2001 to 2010 (13.4% compared to 6.4%)
- A smaller percentage of arrivals between 1971 to 1980 (10.7% compared to 23.4%)
- A smaller percentage of arrivals between 2016 to Aug 2021 (16.4% compared to 25.5%)