38.9% —
Lower than 59% of capital city areas.
- 2016: 36.8%
- 2021: 38.9%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Greater Hobart · Capital City
Migration & Movement in Greater Hobart
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Higher than most similar areas, one in five Greater Hobart residents arrived from overseas recently. This trend has grown since 2016, making the region a significant hub for new arrivals compared to both the state and the rest of the country.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 38.9% of people here moved house in the last five years, which is a little above the Tasmanian figure. This movement has risen by 2.2 percentage points since 2016.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 20.2% of the population, which is well above the national figure of 14.5%. This proportion is also a little above the state average and has climbed since 2016.
20.2% —
Higher than 66% of capital city areas.
- 2016: 18.3%
- 2021: 20.2%
Share of overseas-born residents who arrived in Australia in the five years before the census.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Migration & Movement in Greater Hobart [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/gccsa/6GHOB/greater-hobart/topic/mobility-location