37.8% ▲ +3.3%
Higher than 65% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 36.6%
- 2016: 34.8%
- 2021: 37.8%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Sorell · Council (LGA)
Migration & Movement in Sorell
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Much lower rates of overseas arrival than the state average mark the movement patterns in Sorell. While 37.8% of people have moved house recently, the share of new arrivals from abroad remains well below the national figure.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 37.8% of residents moved home in the last five years, which is higher than most similar areas. This figure is about the same as the Tasmanian average and has risen slightly since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 10.5% of the population, a figure well below both the state and national averages. However, this proportion has grown by 4.0 percentage points since 2011.
10.5% ▲ +62.4%
Lower than 55% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 6.5%
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 10.5%
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 Sorell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA64810/sorell/topic/mobility-location