41.1% ▲ +10.3%
Higher than 63% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 37.3%
- 2016: 37.0%
- 2021: 41.1%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Riverside · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in Riverside
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
More people have shifted into Riverside since 2011, with 41.1% of residents moving here in the last five years. This figure is well above the Tasmanian average and marks a steady rise in the area's mobility. The suburb has also seen a slight increase in the number of people arriving from overseas.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 41.1% of residents moved house in the last five years, which is higher than most areas and well above the 37.4% figure for Tasmania. This rate has risen by 3.8 percentage points since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 15.6% of the population, a figure a little above the national average. This is higher than most similar areas, though it sits a little below the state average of 17.7%.
15.6% ▲ +8.3%
Higher than 72% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 14.4%
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 15.6%
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 Riverside [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/602011046/riverside/topic/mobility-location