30.4% ▲ +9.0%
Lower than 81% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 27.9%
- 2016: 27.5%
- 2021: 30.4%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Waratah · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in Waratah
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Very few people have recently moved into Waratah, making it a remarkably stable place to live. Only 30.4% of residents have changed homes in the last five years, which is far below the national figure.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
The proportion of people who moved in the last five years is 30.4%, a figure well below the Tasmania average of 37.4%. This is much lower than most similar areas, though it has risen slightly by 2.5 percentage points since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up just 2.7% of the population, which is far below the 14.5% seen across Australia. This is among the lowest rates for similar areas and has barely changed since 2011.
2.7% ▼ -7.9%
Lower than 98% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 2.7%
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 Waratah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/604031096/waratah/topic/mobility-location