57.6% ▲ +8.9%
Higher than 90% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 52.9%
- 2016: 54.6%
- 2021: 57.6%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Hobart · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in Hobart
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Over half of the people in Hobart have moved to the area in the last five years. This high level of movement is a defining feature of the city, with 57.6% of residents being relatively new arrivals. The area is far more mobile than the rest of the state and the nation.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
A striking 57.6% of residents moved here in the last five years, a figure far above the Tasmanian average of 37.4%. This level of mobility has risen since 2011 and is among the highest for similar areas.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Overseas arrivals make up 27.9% of the population, which is far above the national figure of 14.5%. While this remains among the highest rates for similar areas, the proportion of recent overseas arrivals fell slightly since 2011.
27.9% ▼ -4.6%
Higher than 92% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 29.2%
- 2016: 30.4%
- 2021: 27.9%
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 Hobart [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/601051027/hobart/topic/mobility-location