33.0% ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 34.4%
- 2016: 31.8%
- 2021: 33.0%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
King Island · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in King Island
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
A growing number of overseas arrivals has shaped the movement of people in King Island since 2011. While the island attracts more international migrants than it used to, it sees far fewer people moving in from other parts of Australia compared to most areas.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Only 33.0% of residents moved here in the last five years, which is well below the figures for Tasmania and Australia. This proportion has fallen by 1.4 percentage points since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 14.8% of the population, a figure that is higher than most areas and has risen since 2011. This is about the same as the national figure, though a little below the Tasmanian average.
14.8% ▲ +14.4%
Higher than 68% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 12.9%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 14.8%
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 King Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/604031093/king-island/topic/mobility-location