43.4% ▲ +4.3%
Higher than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 41.6%
- 2016: 41.7%
- 2021: 43.4%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
West Hobart · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in West Hobart
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Over 43% of people in West Hobart have moved house in the last five years. This makes it a highly mobile area where residents change homes more often than in most other parts of the country.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 43.4% of the population moved home recently, a figure that is well above the Tasmanian average of 37.4%. This rate has risen slightly since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 16.6% of the population, which is much higher than in most similar areas. This proportion has grown since 2011 and sits a little above the national figure of 14.5%.
16.6% ▲ +12.6%
Higher than 74% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 14.7%
- 2016: 15.6%
- 2021: 16.6%
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 West Hobart [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/601051033/west-hobart/topic/mobility-location