30.9% ▼ -1.8%
Lower than 69% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 31.5%
- 2016: 27.6%
- 2021: 30.9%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Dorset · Council (LGA)
Migration & Movement in Dorset
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Nearly a third of residents in Dorset have moved home in the last five years, though this is well below the national figure. The area sees far fewer people moving in or arriving from overseas compared to most other parts of Tasmania and Australia.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 30.9% of people moved house in the last five years, which is well below the 37.4% seen across Tasmania. This level of movement has barely changed since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 9.2% of the population, a figure that is well below the 14.5% national average. This proportion has risen slightly since 2011.
9.2% ▲ +31.3%
Lower than 61% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 7.0%
- 2016: 8.0%
- 2021: 9.2%
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 Dorset [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA61810/dorset/topic/mobility-location