47.0% ▲ +1.6%
Higher than 79% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 46.3%
- 2016: 48.4%
- 2021: 47.0%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Sandy Bay · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in Sandy Bay
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Nearly half of the people in Sandy Bay moved here in the last five years, a figure well above the national average. This creates a dynamic community where a large proportion of residents are new to the area, including a very high number of arrivals from overseas.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 47% of residents moved into the area since 2016, which is much higher than most similar places and well above the Tasmanian figure of 37.4%. This level of movement has barely changed since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 27.6% of the population, which is far above the Australian figure of 14.5%. While this remains among the highest levels for similar areas, it has fallen 9.6 percentage points since 2011.
27.6% ▼ -25.7%
Higher than 92% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 37.2%
- 2016: 37.3%
- 2021: 27.6%
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 Sandy Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/601051031/sandy-bay/topic/mobility-location