36.2% —
Lower than 76% of capital city areas.
- 2016: 33.5%
- 2021: 36.2%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Rest of Tas. · Capital City
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
More people have moved into or arrived from overseas in Rest of Tas. since 2016. While the area remains less mobile than much of the country, 36.2% of residents have changed their home in the last five years.
People who moved in the last five years.
The proportion of people moving house has risen since 2016, but at 36.2%, it is still much lower than most similar areas. This figure is a little below the Tasmanian average and well below the national figure of 40.7%.
36.2% —
Lower than 76% of capital city areas.
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 14.6% of the population, which is about the same as the Australian average. This is a rise from 2016, though it remains well below the state figure of 17.7%.
14.6% —
Lower than 63% of capital city areas.
Share of overseas-born residents who arrived in Australia in the five years before the census.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Migration & Movement in Rest of Tas. [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/gccsa/6RTAS/rest-of-tas/topic/mobility-location