33.5% ▲ +0.2%
Lower than 69% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 33.5%
- 2016: 31.7%
- 2021: 33.5%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Somerset · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in Somerset
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Far fewer people have moved into Somerset recently compared to the rest of the country. Only 6.5% of residents arrived from overseas in the last five years, which is much lower than most other areas. The local population is generally stable, with very few people changing their home in recent years.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 33.5% of residents moved house in the last five years, which is well below the Tasmania figure of 37.4%. This rate of movement has barely changed since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Only 6.5% of the population arrived from overseas recently, a figure far below the 17.7% seen across Tasmania. While this is much lower than most areas, the proportion of recent arrivals has rose 1.8 points since 2011.
6.5% ▲ +37.2%
Lower than 75% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 4.7%
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 6.5%
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 Somerset [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/604011081/somerset/topic/mobility-location