31.3% ▼ -1.3%
Lower than 78% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 31.7%
- 2016: 28.8%
- 2021: 31.3%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Westbury · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in Westbury
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Far fewer people move into or out of Westbury compared to the rest of the state. Only 31.3% of residents have changed homes in the last five years, showing a community where people tend to stay put for a long time.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
The proportion of people who moved in the last five years is well below the Tasmanian figure of 37.4% and the national figure of 40.7%. This level of stability has barely changed since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 6.0% of the population, which is far below the 17.7% seen across Tasmania. While this is much lower than most areas, the figure has risen 2.6 percentage points since 2011.
6.0% ▲ +75.5%
Lower than 79% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 3.4%
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 6.0%
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 Westbury [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/602021057/westbury/topic/mobility-location