39.4% ▲ +9.5%
Higher than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 36.0%
- 2016: 35.1%
- 2021: 39.4%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Devonport · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in Devonport
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
The number of people arriving from overseas in Devonport has nearly doubled since 2011. This shift is part of a broader trend toward more movement, with 39.4% of the population having changed homes in the last five years. The area has become a significant hub for new arrivals compared to the rest of the country.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 39.4% of residents moved house in the last five years, a figure that has risen by 3.4 percentage points since 2011. This is slightly above the Tasmanian average of 37.4%, but a little below the national figure of 40.7%.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
One in five people here moved from overseas recently, which is much higher than most areas. This 20.0% rate is well above the national figure of 14.5% and rose sharply from 10.8% in 2011.
20.0% ▲ +84.9%
Higher than 82% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 7.9%
- 2021: 20.0%
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 Devonport [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/604021085/devonport/topic/mobility-location