34.9% ▲ +15.6%
Lower than 63% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 30.2%
- 2016: 27.0%
- 2021: 34.9%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Central Highlands · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in Central Highlands
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Fewer people are moving in and out of Central Highlands compared to most other areas. While 34.9% of residents moved home in the last five years, this is well below the national figure.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
The number of people who moved in the last five years rose by 4.7 percentage points since 2011 to 34.9%. This is still a little below the Tasmanian average of 37.4%.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Only 6.6% of the population arrived from overseas recently, which is far below the 17.7% seen across Tasmania. This figure has risen from just 1.8% in 2011.
6.6% ▲ +276.9%
Lower than 74% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 1.7%
- 2021: 6.6%
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 Central Highlands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/603011065/central-highlands/topic/mobility-location