39.1% ▲ +0.3%
Higher than 56% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 39.0%
- 2016: 37.2%
- 2021: 39.1%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
West Launceston · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in West Launceston
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
An increasing number of people from overseas have settled in West Launceston since 2011. While the number of people moving home has stayed steady, recent overseas arrivals now make up 16.2% of the population.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 39.1% of residents moved here in the last five years. This is a little above the Tasmania figure and is roughly the same as it was in 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Overseas arrivals have risen to 16.2% of the population, which is higher than most areas. This figure is a little above the Australian average and has grown by 2.2 percentage points since 2011.
16.2% ▲ +15.6%
Higher than 73% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 14.0%
- 2016: 13.4%
- 2021: 16.2%
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 Launceston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/602011051/west-launceston/topic/mobility-location