Analysis of the year of arrival for the overseas born population of Mareeba (S) in 2021 compared to FNQROC region shows that there was a larger proportion of people who arrived before 2001, as well as a larger 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 48.1% and 15.2% respectively for FNQROC region.
The major differences in year of arrival data in the population between Mareeba (S) and FNQROC region are:
- A larger percentage of arrivals between Arrived in 1960 or earlier (11.4% compared to 6.4%)
- A larger percentage of arrivals between 1961 to 1970 (13.5% compared to 9.0%)
- A smaller percentage of arrivals between 2001 to 2010 (13.4% compared to 20.6%)
- A smaller percentage of arrivals between 1991 to 2000 (7.4% compared to 11.0%)